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<\/p>\nDuring dinner she glanced at her phone again and again. When she excused herself, she carried her purse. Later, Derek sat in his study with a glass of bourbon and admitted what he had resisted. The man who knew every opponent\u2019s secrets had been blind in his own house.<\/p>\n
The next morning he called his younger brother Ryan, a private investigator in Denver. They had not spoken in months.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need surveillance,\u201d Derek said.<\/p>\n
Ryan\u2019s tone was weary. \u201cOn who?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Natalie. And on Tyler Morgan. Do not make noise about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three days later Ryan delivered a folder. Inside were photographs of Natalie and Tyler together. At a hotel bar, in a car, entering an apartment. The affair stretched back nearly a year.<\/p>\n
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Ryan\u2019s voice was heavy. \u201cIt does not stop there. They met with a man named Travis Cole, a forger. Tyler has been liquidating assets, shifting them into crypto. They want to vanish.\u201d<\/p>\n
Derek closed the folder calmly. \u201cThey think I am weak.\u201d<\/p>\n
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