Emma didn't go home that night.
She went straight to Damien's apartment and told him everything. About Tyler. About the money. About the text from the unknown number.
Damien listened without interrupting. When she finished, he stood and walked to his office.
He came back with a file.
"I've been having Claire monitored," he said.
Emma looked at him. "What?"
"After everything with Richard," Damien explained, "I hired investigators to look into everyone close to me. I wanted to know if there were other people involved in covering up my mother's death."
He opened the file and spread papers across the table.
Phone records. Bank transfers. Security footage stills showing Claire in places she shouldn't have been.
"She's been following you," Damien said quietly. "For months."
Emma looked
