Chapter 4 - MARCUS VALE WASN’T AS INCAPACITATED AS SLOAN ASSUMEDMarcus’s stroke had affected speech and mobility.
Not cognition.
That mattered.
Sloan apparently assumed medical leave meant disconnected.
Wrong.
Marcus still reviewed board summaries.
Had a personal forensic accountant monitoring compensation accounts after he noticed odd tax documents.
That accountant found an authorization token registered in Marcus’s name months after his stroke.
Impossible.
Marcus contacted Daniel Keene.
They quietly investigated.
Why not tell Preston?
Because two suspicious transfers contained Preston’s approval.
Marcus did not know whether my husband was involved.
That hurt Preston.
He said:
“He thought I stole from him.”
I answered:
“He had evidence pointing toward you.”
Preston said nothing.
Sometimes betrayal feels personal even when suspicion is reasonable.
Marcus eventually met me.
Wheelchair.
Speech slower.
Mind sharp.
He said:
“You found what my team couldn’t.”
“No.”
He looked at me.
“I found the household edge.”
Different.
His team had looked inside the corporation.
I saw Sloan because she entered my marriage.
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Two perspectives met.
That solved more.
