Vanessa had benefited from Ethan’s spending.
She had traveled with him.
Accepted gifts from him.
Why expose the account that funded the lifestyle?
Unless Vanessa had never been the final beneficiary.
Grace leaned back.
“When did Vanessa join the company?”
Rebecca looked surprised.
“Eighteen months ago.”
Declan turned toward her.
Grace continued.
“Who hired her?”
“Ethan.”
“Who introduced them?”
Rebecca thought.
“I don’t know.”
Grace did.
She remembered the dinner.
A private fundraiser in Manhattan.
A man named Victor Hale had introduced Vanessa as “the best crisis communications specialist on the East Coast.”
Victor Hale.
Managing partner.
Harbor Crown Capital.
Grace stood.
Too quickly.
The baby pressed painfully beneath her ribs.
Declan moved toward her.
“Easy.”
“I’m fine.”
“Grace.”
“I’m fine.”
She reached for her phone.
Her fingers were suddenly cold.
She opened her old photo archive and searched the date of the fundraiser.
There.
A ballroom.
