did not place her.”
“The agency file says V.D.”
“I approved her for eligible household placement.”
“That sounds like placement.”
“It is not the same thing.”
Anthony interrupted.
“The distinction matters.”
I looked at him.
He continued.
“Victoria apparently flagged Elena as approved if the staffing agency ever assigned her to any Duca residence or office.”
“How many properties?” I asked.
“Six,” Victoria answered.
“So I could have ended up somewhere else.”
“Yes.”
“Then why flag me at all?”
Victoria folded her hands.
“Because of David.”
There it was.
My stomach tightened.
“What did he do?”
“Less than my family believed.”
That surprised Alessandro too.
He turned sharply.
“What does that mean?”
Victoria looked at him.
“It means Marco was wrong.”
Silence.
Alessandro’s expression changed.
Not disbelief exactly.
Resistance.
“Marco found altered freight invoices under David’s credentials.”
“Yes.”
“He confronted him.”
“Yes.”
“David disappeared.”
“Yes.”
“Then what exactly was
