Connor stared.

He knew Judith Vale, the company’s general counsel.

What he did not know was that she had handed me my appointment documents the previous evening.

And he had just given her the best reason imaginable to begin my first day with a formal investigation.

PART 4: The Woman in the Green Dress

I should explain why Connor hadn’t expected me.

Three months earlier, my father’s longtime business partner had asked me to return to the company my father helped establish.