ANNY
At two seventeen in the morning, Oliver sends a notice to every member of the Adams Group board.
He does not include the photograph. He tells them that the marriage addendum is being legally challenged, that someone is attempting to manufacture evidence of a breach, and that any material received from Roberta must be preserved for an extortion investigation.
He lets me read the message before he sends it.
By nine, Roberta’s credentials have been disabled. By noon, three law firms are involved. By evening, the board still has not received the photograph.
During the final call, one of the attorneys refers to me as “the protected party.”
“My name is Anny,” I tell him. “And I was never a party to the addendum.”
He begins explaining why the distinction matters legally.
“It matters
