She Turned On the Lights
By the third week she was not the flinching woman with the coffee tray anymore.
She had proof, gathered in her own hands, that she could fight back and win.
You could see it in how she held the phone.
Chapter 17 — The Safe
The last piece fell into place on a Sunday evening.
In a hidden wall safe in the study, Yvaine found the original, unedited records from her own father’s firm — and, beside them, the bank records that proved Dunstan Pembrook had actively embezzled the money.