Strings of deceit

apers. She flipped through the thick file in front of her, the faint hum of the city echoing outside he

ome hidden thread beneath the surface. She skimmed through transaction records, property holdings, and board meeting notes

she muttered to herself, t

ripped the edge of the file tighter, her knuckles whitening. There had to be more. But it w

ir, staring at the ceiling. The room felt smaller

ex, but there was nothing new. Her mind wandered back to Stephan his confident smirk, th

she wouldn't stop until she had what she needed. She picked up the file again, flipping t

me to make sense of the data. It felt like an endless sea of irrelevant details, each one

clear explanation. Her fingers hovered over the keys as

ed this knew exactly what they were doing, carefully placing th

e sum was significant. Far too si

s she scanned the details. A name, buried in the fine print

to herself, leaning back in her cha

overy. The realization came slowly, like a storm gathering strength. T

to figure out h

olled through document after document, cross-referencing the information from the hidden transa

an off-the-books transaction there. It wasn't just shady busi

n figures in the business world, their involvement far too close for comfort. The sums of mone

uth was within her grasp.

entire family would crumble under the weight of the lies. And as much as

of conflicting thoughts. What would it cost her to destroy them?

ter. It was late, but sleep wouldn't come easily tonight. N