Chapter Twelve
The email showed up Thursday morning, forwarded by Rafael’s head of communications with a subject line that made his stomach drop before he had even opened the attachment.
URGENT — Press inquiry, needs response by EOD.
The reporter’s name meant nothing to him. The outlet was a mid-tier gossip site, the kind Rafael usually had his team ignore outright. But the questions attached weren’t the usual guesswork about mergers or stock prices.
We understand Mr. Knox recently discovered a five-year-old son with local designer Amara Quinn. Can you confirm the child’s paternity? We also understand the child’s safety may currently be a concern, given increased security presence at both the Knox estate and Ms. Quinn’s residence. Any comment on reports of a threat against the child?
