~ Becca ~
I didn’t stalk the Hale family.
That would’ve implied obsession and Emotion.
What I did instead was observe.
There was a difference between hunting and studying, and I was disciplined enough now to know which one led to mistakes. Obsession rushed. Study waited. Obsession wanted revenge to feel good. Study wanted it to be precise.
I chose precision.
It started innocently. Or it looked that way from the outside.
An article shared on a business page I followed. The Hale Group expanding into a new market. Stephen quoted, confident and clean-cut, his words polished by publicists and privilege. I read it once. Then again. Not because I missed him but because I wanted to see what he presented to the world when he thought no one was watching closely.
The answer was simple.
Contr
