Chapter 8 - THE LIVESTREAM CAUGHT SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY FACE IN A CAKEOur forensic team reviewed the entire birthday stream.
Painful.
Useful.
At 8:42 p.m., seventeen minutes before the cake incident, Mason Reed stood behind Chloe near the stage.
He had a tablet.
On screen:
part of the Lawson-Sterling merger model.
That was the screenshot viewers captured.
How did Mason get it?
Device logs eventually answered.
Chloe’s iPad automatically synchronized from her laptop.
Her father had emailed her a presentation before the party because she was scheduled to speak about future brand strategy after closing.
A mistake.
The presentation contained embedded financial pages she did not need.
Bigger mistake.
Mason borrowed the iPad to manage livestream comments.
He opened the file.
Why?
He claimed accidentally.
Logs showed he remained in it for nine minutes.
Not accidental.
Then forwarded one page to himself.
There.
Unauthorized use.
Chloe had been careless with access.
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Mason deliberately took advantage.
Different culpability.
