Chapter 2: He's Been Talking
Julian set Emma's shoes down on a nearby chair and looked at Marcus the way a man looks at something small and easily forgotten.
"Marcus Mercer," he said.
Not a question.
A recognition.
Marcus straightened.
"Julian.
I didn't realize you knew Evelyn."
"She's my wife." Julian smiled.
"I know everything about her."
Chloe's hand dropped from Marcus's arm.
Marcus forced a laugh.
"Well.
Small world."
"Isn't it." Julian glanced at me briefly, then back at Marcus.
"I've been meaning to reach out about the acquisition.
My team flagged something in your financials last week.
Nothing urgent." He paused.
"We can discuss it Monday."
The color that had already left Marcus's face did not return.
Emma tugged my necklace.
"Mommy, can we get cake?"
"In a minute, sweetheart."
Chloe leaned close to Marcus and whispered something.
He didn't respond.
He was staring at Julian with the expression of a man doing very fast arithmetic and not liking the answer.
Then Julian's phone buzzed.
He glanced at the screen and his expression changed — just slightly.
He turned it toward me.
One name on the screen.
A name I recognized.
Marcus's former business partner.
The one who had disappeared quietly the same month Marcus emptied our joint account.
Julian met my eyes.
"He's been talking."
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What did Marcus's former partner reveal — and how deep does the truth actually go?
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