“Shut your mouth.”

She let out a bitter, mocking laugh. “Now you want me to be quiet, Arthur?” And she pulled up an old text thread on her phone and handed it to the detective.

It was from Arthur.

To her. Make sure Mariana doesn’t see the Q2 audit reports before the divorce decree is finalized, one message read.

And another: Keep the reported revenue low.

If our margins look thin, the asset valuation drops, and her settlement drops with it.