Chapter 11 - Margaret's Secret Margaret came to my penthouse unexpectedly.

She looked nothing like the woman from the terrace.
No designer confidence.
No royal posture.
Just exhaustion.
“I need your help.”
I almost laughed.
“You spent six years making my life miserable.”
“I know.”
“Then why should I help you?”
She sat down.
“Because Daniel isn't working alone.”
She told me Victor had been manipulating him.
But there was more.
Margaret had discovered something in her late husband's old files.
A payment.
Made to Victor Kane.
Years before Daniel became CEO.
My husband's family had not accidentally fallen into debt.
They had been pushed.
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Someone had wanted control of the Hawthorne empire.
And now that same person wanted Vanguard.
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