hospital bed, holding their hands until my fingers went numb. Every time Lily stirred, she looked around in panic until her eyes found mine, and only then did her shoulders drop.
While they rested, I made three calls.
The first was to the police, handing over Lily’s notebook, my travel logs, and the emergency room medical reports.
The second was to my board of directors. I resigned as chief executive officer with immediate effect, divesting operational control to my deputy and instructing the legal team to liquidate my non-essential holdings. The company I spent a decade building meant nothing if it cost the lives of the only two people Emily left behind.
The third call was to an estate attorney, revoking every ounce of access, allowance, and authority Kate had ever held in our lives.
Within two days, Kate was arrested at an airport hotel in downtown Chicago, packed bags
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