ISABELLAThe office was quiet except for the faint hum of computers and the occasional shuffle of papers. I sat back in my chair, hands hovering over the keyboard, staring at the financial records sprawled across the multiple screens in front of me. The deeper I dug into Daniel’s old research facility, the more I expected to see Margaret’s fingerprints, maybe another round of funding, or another trace of manipulation. It would have made sense. Margaret had been careless before, and easy to track.But this time, nothing was as simple. The first few leads didn’t point to her at all. Instead, I found layers of shell companies, investment trusts, and offshore accounts that traced back to legal firms I had only seen in passing in high-profile corporate cases. The names were subtle, almost unremarkable, but the connections were unmistakable. Trent’s lawyers were involved. And wherever his hands touched, they left fingerprints.I leaned forward, squinting at the screen. Each account and tr
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