Chapter 4: The Guest in the Shadows
"You were watching the wrong person," Thomas announced, his voice vibrating through the house speakers. "You thought this was about my family's money. It was never about the money."
He turned slowly toward the grand double doors of the ballroom. "The person who actually did the work? The person who spent three years undercover as a custodial worker to document every single one of your crimes? She’s here."
The ballroom doors groaned open. Standing there was not a high-powered attorney or a rival CEO. It was the woman who had cleaned the bathrooms, swept the floors, and wiped the wine spills—the woman everyone had looked through for years. She walked in with a confidence that eclipsed Beatrice’s hollow authority. She held a badge, an ID card, and a pair of handcuffs.
