Gregory was not there.
Through attorneys and legal restrictions arising from the investigation,
contact was controlled.
I changed security codes.
Not because I wanted revenge.
Because access is not a marital entitlement when safety is in question.
Miriam also ordered a corporate access review.
Paige was placed on administrative leave pending investigation.
Thomas discovered that her credentials had accessed confidential
ownership and insurance folders.
Again, credentials were evidence of account activity.
Investigators still needed attribution.
Then a forensic review found messages between Paige and Gregory.
Most were romantic.
Some were about Vanguard.
One read:
GREGORY: She’ll never give me equity voluntarily.
PAIGE: Then stop asking voluntarily.
Another:
PAIGE: Once she’s out, the team will follow me.
GREGORY: And the clients follow me.
PAIGE: Two days?
GREGORY: If everything goes right.
The date was the night before my hospitalization.
My hands went cold.
But the most disturbing message came later.
