With nothing else to keep me busy, I went back to the office. Now that Vale had told me about Dad’s gambling addiction, there was a chance I could find some evidence connected to the missing money. It would also help take my thoughts away from Elara for a while. Ever since I had last seen her, she had been constantly on my mind, and I did not want the small bit of hope I was holding onto to turn into an unhealthy obsession.
The office had never been well organized, and after Selene and I had started sorting through all the paperwork, it had become even messier. Standing in the doorway, I rubbed my jaw and looked around the room. If Dad had been hiding something he was ashamed of, where would he have put it? If the situation was really as bad as Vale claimed and involved something embarras
