REVENGE IN RED HEELS
I found myself watching her more than the documents in front of me, the way she chewed the end of her pen when she was concentrating, the small, satisfied sound she made whenever a new piece clicked into place.
"Marcus." Her voice had changed, sharper now, urgent. "Marcus, look at this."
I leaned over her shoulder, close enough to catch the faint scent of her shampoo, something citrus and familiar after weeks of exactly this proximity, and followed her finger to a line item buried in a transaction history.
"That's a payment," she said. "Two days ago. From one of Cross's shell accounts directly to a media outlet's parent company. Right before that lab leak story broke."
My stomach dropped. "H