Dana Reyes called it the "discovery trap," and by the fourth day of preparation, Amelia understood exactly why.
"Wolfe's team is going to depose you," Dana said, spreading a stack of papers across the conference table. "Every question is designed to make you contradict yourself. They'll ask the same thing four different ways, hoping you slip. My job is to make sure you don't."
"I don't slip," Amelia said.
Dana almost smiled. "Everyone slips. The trick is knowing which questions are landmines before you step on them."
They ran through it for hours, mock questions, sharp and circling, Dana playing the role of Wolfe's lead counsel with unsettling precision. When did you first access the encrypted files? Did you have Ms. Chen's explicit consent to publish them? Isn't it true that your rela
