They spanned over eighteen months.

My father had been planning this for a very long time.

He didn’t just want to pay off his debts.

He wanted to replace the bosses who held his life in their hands.

I watched Marcus in the rearview mirror.

He was typing rapidly on a small, encrypted mobile phone.

His eyes caught mine in the mirror, and he quickly turned the screen away.

“Is everything alright, Marcus?” I asked.

“Just updating Mr. Salvi on our ETA, Miss Callahan,” he replied.

His voice was polite, but his fingers were tense on the device.

I looked down at the binder and opened it to the page listing the dummy corporations.

One of the companies was named ‘Aegis Holdings’.

According to the banking records, Aegis Holdings had authorized several major transfers to my father’s offshore accounts.

The signature on the authorization form was not Victor Salvi’s.

It belonged to someone with the initials ‘M.V.’

I stared at the letters, my heart beating faster.

Marcus Vance.

I looked back up at the rearview mirror.

Marcus was still watching me, his face devoid of emotion.