Lucy woke to sunlight streaming through the windows and the smell of coffee. For a moment, she forgot where she was, then memories flooded back. After analyzing the security footage until three in the morning, she and William had fallen asleep in his study, exhausted and no closer to proving the video was fake.
She sat up, finding William already awake, staring at his laptop screen with dark circles under his eyes.
"Did you sleep at all?" Lucy asked.
"An hour, maybe." William didn't look up. "I've been going through Brad's files. Everything he had access to—finances, security systems, medical records. If he's behind this, there has to be a trail."
"And?"
"Nothing. Everything's clean. Too clean, maybe." William finally looked at her, frustration etched on his face. "Either Brad's innoc
