That’s what I can prove.”

“And you kept this from the board?”

“Wendy controls three of the key directors,” I said.

“If I had moved too early, without external backing, they would have wiped the original servers before anyone official could copy them.

I needed the evidence secured somewhere she couldn’t reach, and I needed someone with real standing who wasn’t in her pocket.

I’ve been waiting, for weeks, for both.”

Flynn studied my face for a long moment, and something in his expression shifted, from wariness into something closer to respect.