I’ve been looking at her for a long time.
Why did you come now?
Vanessa lowered her eyes.
“Because after your divorce, Chloe started talking about a much bigger transfer. He asked me to prepare some retroactive documents. That’s when I refused and I quit.
Rebecca leaned slightly forward.
- What transfer?
Vanessa opened the file.
One of almost four million dollars.
There was a heavy silence in the room.
I felt my heart beating in my throat.
- Four million?
Vanessa has approved.
Chloe said Julian was going to get a large amount as a result of the separation and that they had to prepare the documents to transfer it through the company.
I looked at Rebecca.
The lawyer had the same expression I had seen in my father in front of the courthouse.
Calm.
Very calm.
“Sloane,” she said, “I think we need to urgently re-analyse certain statements and documents from the divorce procedure.
