When Vivian left, Anita documented the meeting immediately.

Her warning had given us one useful clue: Eastgate was not simply an incidental consultant.

Its financial problems might explain why someone was desperate to preserve a false ownership claim.

PART 11

The Boardroom Without Masks

The next week I called a special meeting of our board’s independent directors.

I told Meredith she was welcome to attend and gave her the same information everyone else received.

No more quiet arrangements about decisions that shaped her life.