Amelia's POV

The investigation consumes the following week.

What started as document analysis in a conference room has exploded into a full corporate investigation. Forensic accountants. Legal teams. Emergency board meetings. And somehow, inexplicably, I'm at the center of it all.

"Ms. Hart, your insights have been invaluable," Richard Sterling—Daniel's semi-retired father—says during Monday's strategy session. "We'd like you to join the executive investigation team. Temporarily, of ...