Chapter 5

I asked the front desk to contact my usual babysitter, and only after confirming Rose was asleep did I rush to the foundation.

The lights in the board conference room were still on.

Arthur Bell sat at the end of the long table, a stack of printed materials in front of him.

Not all the board members were present, but Nathan was there.

He had changed his suit, his face wearing a calculated look of exhaustion—as if he were the one forced to deal with an embarrassing family scandal tonight.

Vivian sat diagonally across from him, an untouched glass of…