Chapter 11 - The Woman in the Black CoatThe SUV disappeared before I could reach it.
I called security.
Nothing.
The next morning, a woman arrived at my office.
She was in her late fifties.
Black coat.
Silver hair.
No jewelry.
She placed an envelope on my desk.
"My name is Eleanor Cross."
I recognized the name.
Former Solmere legal counsel.
She had disappeared six years earlier.
"You knew my mother."
"I knew what she discovered."
My heart raced.
"What?"
Eleanor looked toward the windows.
"Your mother didn't trust the board."
"I know."
"She didn't trust Arthur either."
"I know."
Eleanor shook her head.
"You don't know enough."
She opened the envelope.
Inside was a photograph.
My mother standing beside three men.
One was Arthur.
One was Julian.
The third man was someone I didn't recognize.
Eleanor whispered:
"That man was the founder of Vanguard."
I stared at the photograph.
"He's dead."
"No."
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She looked directly into my eyes.
"He's alive."
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