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this,” I said. “Surely, you have some evidence you can
provide?”
    “Ms. Greene, I think there is something
you should see,” said Tanner.
    “It might be a bit disturbing to you, but
I feel …we feel, strongly, that you must take this information into
consideration regarding our upcoming legal action against Derek. We intend to
have him indicted for fraud. We know that you are most likely going to try to
represent him, and that we cannot allow. We are asking you to recuse yourself,
in light of the information we will show you.”
    My head was spinning.
    Derek indicted for fraud?
    What could he possibly have done to cause
this?
    “Please watch this short video, Ms.
Greene,” he said.
    A small monitor inset into the cabin wall
started playing.
    The video showed a boat, and then I
recognized Sam Parker.
    I saw Tanner and King speaking with him,
and realized that they were far out to sea.
    The waves were rough and the boat shook
and rolled in the waters. I watched in horror as Derek came into view, and
began arguing with the other men. There was too much wind noise to hear every
word, but I heard some snatches of shouted conversation.
    “You bastard!” shouted Derek, and he moved
towards Parker.
    Parker slipped overboard.
    From the camera angle, it looked like
Derek had pushed him over the side!
    Sam Parker’s eyes were wide as he had
fallen off the boat.
    “Come about! Get the life preserver and
toss it over!” shouted King. “Hurry, George!”
    On the video, Tanner grabbed a rope and a
life ring, and tossed them after Parker. The rope curled out and away. There
was nothing to indicate that Parker had caught it, nor if it even was near
him. 
    “What’s this supposed to prove?” I asked.
    “Sam Parker’s body was never recovered,
Megan,” said King.
    “Derek shoved him overboard, because Sam
Parker was going to expose his attempt to defraud my companies.”
    “Bullshit! You’re lying!” I shouted in
dismay.
    “Sam Parker died in a traffic accident,
when his car crashed!” I said.
    “That’s the story everybody was told for
insurance purposes, for your father’s company, but the true fact of the matter
is that Sam Parker was murdered by Derek White,” said King.
    “This video proves that, and we also have
documents that show the fraudulent reporting of Mr. Parker’s cause of death as
being in that accident. Sam Parker was trying to elude alimony payments to his
ex-wife. He faked the crash, so that he could start a new life.”
    “Unfortunately for him, Mr. White was too
enthusiastic in his pursuit of Parker. When he finally caught up with him,
Parker had changed his name and was assisting my companies in some logistics
work. Mr. White stowed away on my boat, and pushed Mr. Parker overboard, as you
can plainly see.”
    “Why didn’t you report this to the police,
then?” I said.
    “My dear girl, of course we did,” King
said, smiling like a snake.
    “Unfortunately, Mr. White slipped over the
side of the boat as we entered the harbor and vanished. You do know he is a Navy
SEAL, do you not?”
    My heart sank, again, and I felt darkness
closing in on my soul.
    “Derek!” I cried silently.
    King and Tanner then brought out a small
stack of papers in a manila folder.
    “This is the evidence we are submitting to
the authorities that substantiates that Derek had been working covertly, for
almost three years now, to undermine and defraud Mr. King and his businesses.
Please feel free to take your time and read it over, Ms. Greene,” said Tanner.
    I began to read through the papers, skimming
and looking for the smoking gun. I found it.
    There really was a police report filed,
and it mentioned Derek as the perpetrator.
    That’s when I began to feel really sick.
    The combination of the flying and the
shocking information I saw made me ill.
    My stomach began to do flip flops. I could
feel my bile rising.
    I guess they must have seen me turning
green, because Tanner had an airsickness bag close to