"For a woman?" I repeated. I moved away from Victor and faced Marcus on my own.
"You spent all this time watching Victor. You saw me as a skirt and an easy target."
His one good eye stared at me.
"Those 'billions' from the Henderson portfolio? And the Knight acquisition? And the Chen syndicate? They're gone, Marcus."
"What are you talking about?"
"An hour ago, I signed off on a full compliance audit of your major accounts. Every asset is frozen pending an investigation into suspected market manipulation. You have nothing left to bargain with."
Marcus stared at me, his mouth hanging open.
I took the small silver voice recorder from my pocket.
I held it up. "If the board has any doubts, you just gave them a confession."
I threw the recorder. It skittered across the concrete and came
