14
CHEYENNE
“I’m the one who found my father’s body” is how he begins, and immediately my gut clenches. I force myself to encourage him to continue.
“We never really were all that close when I was young, you know—not until I was old enough to join the family business. Then things got a lot better. He always wanted me to take over for him, and even if I wasn’t much of a son to him, I was his heir.”
He coughs and then takes a swallow of his tea.
“Nobody was expecting any trouble. I mean, of course, my father had enemies. Hiltman started going after my family business way before Dad died. He tried to bribe his way onto the Board twice. He even tried a hostile takeover.”
I lick my lips. “Was he the only one?”
“I don’t think so. Dad was pretty private about the business, but he warned me
