Erin came over first. "Miss Moretti, we didn't mean to intrude. Since Adrian lost his job, no security company will hire him. We can barely cover his rehab." She spoke softly, but everyone around us could hear. "I know you hate me. But he was at your side for 12 years. The least you could do is let him live."
The guests' faces shifted. Erin knew exactly how to dress betrayal up as love and recast the fallout as a jealous woman's revenge. The room's sympathy put some of Adrian's old confidence back into him.
"The ledger never leaked. No one actually got hurt. You've punished us enough." He still said my name in that same old tone, like he was still entitled to make my decisions for me.
Leon stepped forward. He took Adrian by the back of the neck and slammed him onto the long table beside
