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I opted not to use any of my Crescent Ventures contacts or resources as I searched for information, not wanting word to get back to Fiona that I had been digging into Scarlet’s company. I needed to help her in her war against my stepmother, but it would be tricky to let her in on my plans without revealing the ways in which I was already involved with everything.
A private investigator I’d worked with years ago was happy to help me out, hardly asking for any information once I gave him the name of that odd, seemingly imaginary company that I had seen on Fiona’s copies of the competitor’s expense reports.
“Anything strange at all about this business, I’ll find it out,” he said. “I’ll update you asap.”
And I did not have to wait long on an update. I started some work in my o
