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Chapter 1 – The Flash Drive

Chapter 1 – The Flash Drive

The front door burst open.

"Police!"

Two Napa County deputies entered the dining room.

The first thing they noticed wasn't the broken porcelain.

It was the blood running down Claire Caldwell's face.

The second was the twenty people standing in complete silence.

Deputy Sarah Morales stepped toward Claire.

"Ma'am, who assaulted you?"

Claire never looked away from Adrian.

"My husband."

Adrian immediately shook his head.

"It was an accident."

At once, several relatives echoed him.

"The plate slipped."

"She startled him."

"It wasn't intentional."

Deputy Morales glanced at the shattered plate.

Then at the blood.

Then at the security camera mounted above the dining room entrance.

"We'll determine that."

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Claire quietly slipped the black flash drive into the lining of her handbag.

Maya lowered her eyes, pretending nothing had happened.

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