I walked into my dad’s hotel gala and heard my stepmother snap, “Security, remove her.” I left without saying a word, then quietly

exist at the address listed. But it has received eight hundred and forty thousand dollars from the hotel in fourteen months. The account holder is connected to Preston.”

For once, Celeste did not scream.

She slowly bent down, picked up the folder, and stared at it as though the paper might burn her hands.

Dad said, “Mara…”

“I have copies,” I said. “So continue reading …