He needed her discredited.
He needed Ethan distracted.
He needed their marriage collapsing in public before the board vote so any medical warning Lauren raised could be dismissed as retaliation from a humiliated wife.
Madison had been hired to create chaos.
Ethan had willingly supplied the rest.
Lauren opened her eyes.
“Keep going.”
Ethan looked at her.
“Haven’t you heard enough?”
“No.”
He stared at her.
“Lauren.”
“No.”
Naomi clicked the next file.
It was only forty-three seconds long.
A parking garage echoed in the background.
Madison spoke first.
“You said scare her.”
A male voice replied.
“I handled it.”
“That wasn’t a scare. Her brakes failed.”
Lauren stopped breathing.
Ethan moved toward the laptop.
“Play that again.”
Naomi did.
“You said scare her.”
“I handled it.”
“That wasn’t a scare. Her brakes failed.”
The male voice did not belong to Charles.
Lauren didn’t recognize it.
