Chapter 13 - The Signature Page
Dakota opened Trinity’s photo gallery.
Among pictures of baby clothes, hotel rooms, and ultrasound appointments was a photograph of a contract.
Trinity explained.
“Adam asked me to practice signing it.”
Dakota enlarged the image.
It was an account-authorization page for a private bank in Paris.
Trinity’s name appeared as the beneficial owner.
Below it was a section granting full transaction authority to Adam.
“Did you sign the original?” Dakota asked.
“No. He said we would do it together after landing.”
Adam spoke quickly.
“It was for a legitimate family investment.”
Dakota studied the document.
The funds listed under the initial deposit exceeded two million dollars.
Calderon Aerospace believed several vendor accounts had diverted approximately that amount.
The numbers matched.
Trinity covered her mouth.
“You were moving stolen money into my name.”
Adam shook his head.
“The company owed me bonuses.”
“Then why hide it?”
“Because corporate accounting is political.”
Dakota photographed the page using the secure evidence application provided by the investigator.
Adam watched helplessly.
“You are destroying our lives.”
Dakota looked up.
“No. We are documenting what you did.”
Trinity took a slow breath.
“There’s another photo.”
The next image showed Adam’s laptop screen.
A draft email from Melissa instructed a bank representative to backdate Trinity’s involvement by six months.
That would make her appear connected to the scheme long before she met Adam.
Trinity stared at the screen.
“He was preparing to blame me from the beginning.”
Dakota nodded.
Adam’s voice became desperate.
“Trinity, listen to me. Those drafts were contingency plans.”
“Contingency for what?”
“If the company investigated.”
“So your plan was to make your pregnant girlfriend look like the criminal?”
Adam said nothing.
A long silence passed through first class.
Then Trinity removed the diamond necklace he had given her.
She placed it on his tray.
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“I don’t want anything you bought with stolen money.”
👉 Dakota recognized the necklace from a corporate receipt—and its purchase connected Adam to an even larger fraud.
