Chapter 6 - Ethan's BrotherMarcus Walker arrived in Boise the next morning.
He looked enough like Ethan to hurt.
Same dark hair.
Same eyes.
But Marcus carried a colder expression.
Ethan's brother had been estranged from him for years.
Then I learned why.
Ethan had recently contacted Marcus because he suspected someone inside Walker Industrial was leaking information.
That someone was Paul Danner.
Paul had accessed Ethan's estate documents repeatedly.
He had also received $120,000 from Bell Development.
No contract.
No invoice.
No legitimate explanation.
The betrayal reached farther than I had imagined.
Then the Walker Industrial board announced an emergency meeting.
The agenda included concerns about my “emotional condition” following childbirth.
They wanted temporary control of the company.
I was ten days postpartum.
My body was still healing.
My heart was still shattered.
But I walked into that boardroom anyway.
Paul smiled.
“Rachel, you didn't need to come.”
I sat down.
“Then this should be easy.”
David placed Ethan's emergency trust directive on the table.
Paul's smile disappeared.
The document specifically prevented anyone from replacing me based solely on grief, pregnancy, childbirth, or non-incapacitating medical conditions.
Ethan had anticipated the exact attack.
Then Marcus distributed cybersecurity records.
Paul had accessed estate files from an external terminal.
Before Paul could answer, police entered.
They had recovered a deleted message.
PAUL: Ethan is asking questions.
MARK: Keep him busy. I'll handle the rest.
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Paul stopped smiling.
For the first time, everyone realized the enemy had been inside Ethan's company all along.
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