Kira opened the waterproof case and turned the tabs for the deck to see.

The first was the yacht itself.

The second was the Southampton property.

The third was Winston’s operating line of credit — the working capital that kept the whole performance of the Whitcombe fortune afloat.

Each page carried numbers, dates, signatures, and a history of stamped notices that had been opened and ignored, because people like the Whitcombes are certain, all the way down, that consequences are addressed to someone else.

Then Kira turned to the final divider, and I watched Winston go white before Callum had even reached for the page, because Winston knew what was behind it, and Callum did not yet.