~Selene’s POV~
The firm is called Meridian Events.
She finds it the same way she found Dr. Amara Osei methodically, without urgency, working through a list she has built from the city's business directory and two careful hours of cross-referencing. Meridian is mid-sized. Not the largest operation in Silvermere, which would require references she cannot provide without explanation, and not so small that it would have no infrastructure to support a contractor. Its website shows three years of consistent work — corporate functions, charity galas, a civic awards dinner last autumn. The standard of the photography is adequate. The logistics visible in the event layouts are competent but not exceptional.
She calls on a Tuesday.
The office manager, a woman named Bea with a brisk, unsentimenta
