Chapter 6

The forty-foot screen didn't show a delusional wife's diary.

It showed cold, hard math.

In brilliant high definition, the unredacted bank ledger was displayed for the city’s top one percent.

I clicked the remote again. A bright red box highlighted the final transaction from the Margaret Bennett Caregiver Trust.

Withdrawal: $286,000.

Payee: REED PUBLIC RELATIONS.

The ballroom turned into a vacuum. All the air was sucked out of the room.

"Is that... her PR firm?" a wealthy socialite whispered, pointing a shaking manicured finger at Celeste.

"He used his dying mother's medical fund to pay his mistress?" another investor gasped.