The declaration was four pages of precise, carefully coached language.
Reyes had it printed and was waiting when we arrived at eight PM. I read it standing at the conference table because sitting felt like conceding something.
Claire Donovan's declaration was not emotional. That was what made it dangerous.
It read like testimony from someone measured and credible, a woman with professional standing describing what she'd observed without apparent malice. She stated she'd maintained a personal and professional relationship with Adrian until eight months prior.
She stated that in the weeks following the marriage announcement, she'd spoken with me twice and that I had expressed significant distress about the arrangement. She described feeling I had no viable alternative, that my company's
