“Ms. Fortisiano is in her office.”

That was the problem. Vance had just received a report from Ashley’s secretary that she had stayed at the office since very early in the morning, then left around nine.

Her routine hadn’t changed even though she should have been able to breathe a little easier, since all their products had just sold out and they were still waiting for the main raw materials to arrive.

Vance weighed things for a while before finally deciding to contact Ashley by ...