She asked him to start with the anniversary text. Or perhaps to explain how their marriage had been quietly funding his separate arrangements for months.
Vanessa’s head turned sharply toward him.
She asked Andrew whether he was actually married. She said he had told her they were separated.
Andrew closed his eyes for a brief moment.
That was enough of an answer for everyone in the room.
Daniel looked at Vanessa and told her she had told him she was at a marketing conference in Boston.
Nobody had an adequate response to any of it.
The Document That Changed Everything
Melissa slid a notice across the table and informed Andrew that he was under administrative suspension pending a full review. She asked for his company phone and access card.
Andrew ignored her and reached toward Claire.
She stepped back.
He told her not to do this here. She reminded him that he had already done it.
Vanessa picked up the folder and began moving through it herself, her hands unsteady. She turned through page after page. Dinner receipts. Hotel invoices. Charges for jewelry. Car service records. Expense approvals linked to the same account over and over.
Then she stopped at a particular charge and her expression changed.
It was a furniture purchase from a boutique store in Lincoln Park. The amount was significant. The date was three months earlier.
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