Chapter 43 - The Email Chain
Naomi Park's preliminary report arrived for the authorized lawyers. It contained three pages of findings and fourteen pages of limitations.
A message appearing to come from Vanessa's executive assistant had transmitted the TriBeCa model. Yet the transfer was initiated through an automated service account, not directly from the assistant's desktop. The relevant token had been provisioned months earlier by Moretti Capital's internal systems team.
“Does that clear Vanessa?” I asked Miriam.
“No. It means her assistant's credentials alone don't establish authorization.”
A second fact was stranger: a version history showed Alden Voss's office had requested a valuation update shortly before the leaked copy was generated. That was legitimate on its face. But the sensitivity of the numbers meant the investigators wanted to know who had access after the request.
Adrian phoned that evening. “I owe Vanessa a correction,” he said.
“Then give her one directly.”
“I said she caused the leak. I didn't know.”
“You knew less than you said.”
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“Yes,” he answered.
I listened as he took that sentence seriously. Being uncertain was a muscle Adrian had barely used in public.
