and a copy of Vale’s instructions. It also contains a letter from Evelyn Bennett. She gave it to me the night before your accident and asked me to keep it safe.”
I gripped my mother’s letter.
“If you wake, do not trust the company’s internal attorneys. Do not trust anyone who insists the family must handle this privately.”
Jason looked toward Vivian.
She did not defend herself.
Mara’s final words were almost a whisper.
“And do not assume Jason knew. He was investigating Northbridge too. Vale used his access credentials to make it appear that Jason approved several transfers. Jason was not helping him.”
Jason sat motionless.
For the first time since I had met him, he seemed stripped of every defense.
The recording ended.
The noise of the station returned around us.
Announcements echoed above the concourse.
A child laughed nearby.
A train arrived somewhere beyond the walls.
