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Hours passed and I knew I was definitely getting closer to solving the mystery. I examined every accounting entry and compared it to every document. Hundreds of receipts and invoices, debit slips and checks. I sat down at my desk no closer than I was when I arrived to uncovering the bastard behind this. In anger, I swept the papers from my desk, sending work scattering in all directions.
And I saw it…
There, at the corner of my desk was one of the pages from the prenuptial I’d had Julia sign just a few days ago in preparation of our upcoming wedding. I didn’t even want the damn thing, but my lawyer had insisted that it was necessary to protect the business, and Julia made it clear that she didn’t want to do anything that could hurt the company stock price. She signed it without question…
And so did my lawyer… Raymond Bidwell… With his name inked thickly on the page, the telltale blot of a fountain pen.
Raymond Bidwell?! My estate lawyer? But why? I couldn’t immediately think of a motive, but my mind quickly latched onto another obscure memory.
I pulled out my phone, tapping my way through my Facebook app until I was staring Raymond in the face. Here it was, more information than I ever wanted to know about him, prior to today anyway. And as soon as I got into his profile there it was: Raymond Bidwell’s dog - a photogenic little pug named Maximillian!
Holy shit!
And as I scrolled further down his page there was the missing last name: Bidwell’s recently deceased sister’s name was Anne Marie Wakefield! BINGO!
Now all I needed to do was somehow persuade Julia to see me and hear me out. She was an extremely stubborn, strong-minded woman. And of course Michael was with her, probably working against me. It was going to be a challenge. I wondered if she still loved me and if I could still convince her to marry me by the Halloween deadline.
