That company had submitted a bid in secret for the very factory I thought I had rescued.

It was supposed to be an outside restructuring consultant.

Vivian had personally recommended them.

The hidden letter no longer represented only a personal betrayal.

It suggested that somebody had used our marriage as cover for a business transaction neither Meredith nor I had authorized.

PART 8

The Man Who Remembered the Signing

We did not call Vivian that night.