She did not stay ahead of a federal warrant for long.

The woman who had walked out of my boardroom certain she was the most dangerous person in the building learned that the most dangerous person in any building is usually the one holding the complete set of documents, and that had turned out, to everyone’s surprise including my own, to be me.

Chapter 20 — Silvia’s Hollow Win

Silvia got her audit.

She stood on the courthouse steps in her red coat and gave tearful interviews about her father’s memory and her long quest for justice, and for a few weeks she was the story — the hidden daughter who brought down the dynasty that erased her.

But the victory turned to ash in her hands, and I watched it happen with a feeling closer to sorrow than triumph.