“He didn’t push you because of the insurance money alone.”
I felt my stomach tighten.
“What else was there?”
Ashley unlocked the phone.
“He discovered something about you.”
She handed it to me.
There was a video.
I pressed play.
Michael appeared on the screen, sitting behind his desk.
His voice was cold.
“If she dies, everything becomes mine.”
I watched silently.
Then another voice came through the recording.
Ashley’s voice.
“But what if she finds out?”
Michael leaned toward the camera.
“She won’t.”
The video ended.
I looked at Ashley.
“What was I supposed to find out?”
She swallowed.
“Michael had been stealing from your company for years.”
I froze.
The company my father had left me.
The company Michael had convinced me to let him help manage.
“How much?”
“Almost eighteen million dollars.”
The room seemed to tilt.
“And the insurance?”
Ashley nodded.
“That was his way of
