Dad believed those contracts existed because of his personal business connections.
Evan frequently talked about how much confidence Halcyon’s executives had in him.
What neither man understood was that I held the controlling interest in Halcyon Properties.
Seven years earlier, I’d founded the development company with a former business partner.
We’d built it into a successful organization through careful investments and long-term commercial projects.
The business operated through a holding structure, and its everyday contracting decisions were handled by professional managers.
My family knew I worked in commercial development.
They simply had never cared enough to understand exactly what I owned.
Evan had no idea that the contracts supporting his company were ultimately connected to his older sister.
And now, Mara had found irregularities in some of those contracts.
Several invoices contained amounts that didn’t match supporting records.
Some materials appeared to have been billed despite no evidence that they’d been purchased.
