She tried to reach Spencer, then his lawyers, then me.

I never answered.

Chapter 16 — I Know

Months later, after Spencer was formally indicted on multiple counts of corporate wire fraud and tax evasion, he asked, through his defense counsel, for a single meeting.

I agreed to exactly one.

The bespoke suits were gone.

He looked as though he had aged ten years in a handful of months.

When I sat down across the conference table from him, his eyes filled.