“Several places.”

“Under whose name?” He looked away.

Lauren dropped the page. She finally understood that the house, the hidden account, and the Mercer money weren’t separate problems. They were pieces of the same structure.

Ethan had used the equity loan to cover missing funds. He’d used the shell companies to move the Mercer money. He’d used Lauren’s signatures to connect the transactions, and my address to make the companies look legitimate.

When the whole structure collapsed, Lauren and I would be the two people left standing beneath it. Ethan planned to disappear again.

Claire rang the bell a third time. Lauren walked toward the door. Ethan blocked her path. “Do not open that door.”