“She’s going to turn against him,” Martin said.

“She’s already started.”

My phone buzzed beside the tablet. Lauren, calling again — her twenty-eighth attempt since I’d ended our first conversation. I let it ring.

Chapter 2 — Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars

Ethan stepped closer to her. “Listen to me. Daniel is trying to frighten us. He found a few documents he doesn’t understand, and now he’s using this woman to make it all look worse.”

“Who is she?”

“Someone I used to work with.”