Chapter 17 - Trinity’s Recording
Trinity opened the backup phone again.
“I started recording after Melissa’s warnings became strange.”
Adam stared at her.
“You recorded me?”
“You taught me not to trust anyone.”
The audio began inside a Miami hotel room.
Adam’s voice sounded relaxed.
“Tomorrow in Paris, you’ll sign several documents. Don’t read every page. The bank charges by the hour.”
Trinity asked, “What are they for?”
“Our new life.”
“What if Dakota refuses the divorce?”
“She won’t have a choice after the company investigation.”
“Why would your investigation affect her?”
A pause followed.
Then Adam said, “Because some of the vendor accounts are under her name.”
Dakota’s throat tightened.
Trinity’s recorded voice asked, “Does she know?”
Adam laughed.
“Dakota signs whatever I place in front of her.”
Dakota remembered tax forms.
Insurance updates.
Stacks of paperwork Adam marked with small adhesive arrows.
Sign here.
Initial there.
She had trusted her husband.
He had used that trust to build an escape route.
The recording continued.
Trinity asked what would happen if investigators found the Paris account.
Adam replied:
“They’ll see your signature and Dakota’s companies. I’ll look like the husband caught between two dishonest women.”
No one in first class moved.
Adam’s face had gone gray.
“That recording is illegal.”
“Not in Florida when one party consents,” a passenger across the aisle said quietly.
He introduced himself as a retired attorney.
Adam turned away.
Trinity stopped the recording.
“You planned to sacrifice both of us.”
Adam whispered, “I loved you.”
She looked at him with tears running down her face.
“You studied me.”
Dakota sat in the jump seat opposite them during a service pause.
For the first time, her calm broke.
One tear slipped down her cheek.
She wiped it away and stood.
The flight still had hours remaining.
She still had passengers to serve.
May you like
She would not let Adam take her professionalism too.
👉 But before landing, Dakota received a message revealing that Melissa had disappeared with the company’s remaining money.
