I left the hospital carrying my daughter’s ashes when my husband finally called from wherever he was with his mistress and coldly said, “The bill has been taken care of. Stop bothering me.” I didn’t argue with him. I didn’t allow him to hear my voice break.

Then Daniel placed a small flash drive beside the paper documents.

“There is something else your father prepared for you.”

I connected the flash drive to my laptop.

The encrypted files contained detailed financial reports, corporate structures, wire transfers, and internal information concerning Fairchild Global Enterprises.

One specific folder focused on a major merger Brendan had been desperately trying to complete for months.

The entire deal depended heavily on securing new financing from an international private equity group.