Chapter 5

I researched for three days.

Using the auction house's corporate database, I combed through all of Obsidian Capital's public records.

Madeline Stone wasn't the owner of Obsidian Capital. The real controlling shareholder was a man named William Grey. Madeline was just the public face, the investment director. But she had a vast social network and had managed a large number of projects.

The project between David's company and Obsidian Capital was officially a joint commercial real estate development. But I found something in the business registration records. David's company had already paid over 3 million dollars in upfront costs, while…