Chapter 3 - My Name Appears On Seven Documents
Claire had copies of seven documents.
Vendor guarantees.
A partnership consent.
Two debt amendments.
A property assignment.
The $3.4 million authorization.
And one document I did not understand.
WAIVER OF FOUNDER EQUITY CLAIM.
My name appeared at the bottom.
Dated four years earlier.
I had never signed it.
The waiver stated that I relinquished any claim to founder equity in Northgate in exchange for household distributions made during our marriage.
My divorce attorney, Rachel Kim, had been demanding evidence of how Travis acquired nearly all voting ownership.
This was apparently his answer.
Except the answer was forged.
I called Rachel from the parking garage after my shift.
She told me not to confront Travis.
Not to remove originals.
Not to copy files I had no lawful right to access.
“Preserve what was legitimately provided to you,” she said. “And stop playing detective.”
I almost laughed.
For once, someone was telling me not to carry everything myself.
Rachel arranged an emergency motion for forensic preservation of Northgate records.
By morning, Travis would no longer be able to quietly erase whatever existed.
But Claire warned me about something else.
The company’s badge logs showed me entering the records room six times.
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I had entered once.
Someone had used my credentials five additional times.
