THE INVESTIGATION stopped moving. That was the problem.
For nearly a week, every lead Sophie and the others pursued seemed to disappear the moment they got close enough to touch it.
The missing witness remained missing. The shell companies remained hidden behind layers of legal protections. The financial records led to more financial records.
Every answer created three new questions.
Even Lucien's team seemed frustrated.
That alone was alarming.
Normally, Keller Capital's analysts operated with almost unsettling efficiency. Yet every update arriving from the forensic department sounded increasingly similar.
No new developments. No confirmed identities. No breakthrough.
Nothing.
By Thursday afternoon, Sophie felt like she was running in circles.
Which was exactly why she ignored
