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Esposito reached between the wooden slats "A false bottom" He pulled a handful of papers from it and looked at them

Automatically, Zach approached him, but Rochelle was faster and took the sheets of paper from Esposito’s hand

"That’s it" Slowly, she turned to hial trade was rabbed the papers and scanned them They were bank statements from the Inter Commerce and Trade Bank, the same bank Wade had mentioned in connection with the stock trade

"That’s not my account" He pointed to the name, John Miller

Rochelle shook her head, her lips pressed into a thin line as if she didn’t want to answer

"Then why do you have these bank statements in your house?" Esposito asked "Hidden in the false bottorabbed Rochelle’s arm He didn’t care any between him and Rochelle "Rochelle, you can’t possibly believe that So to pin this on me You have to see that"

Rochelle sniffled, but then she lifted her head and stiffened "I’m sure that on Monday e contact the bank, we’ll find out that you were the one who opened this account" She pulled her shoulders back "Mr Ivers, please give me your passport You’re not allowed to leave New York State, otherwise you’ll be arrested immediately"

The words sounded as if she’d rehearsed the them off He barely listened He could only stare at her in disbelief

Soiven the SEC instructions on where to find it How could Rochelle not see through that? How could she not see that so to frale ether been real? Had she pretended everything that had passed between the anywhere," he said and lifted his chin as a sign that he accepted her challenge "I’ations And once I have, you’ll owe y wouldn’t be able to repair the rift between them And that fact clahtly and filled his entire body with pain

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The two and a half hour drive back to Manhattan had been torture Rochelle had been silent httime traffic, while Nicole and Antonio had practically been celebrating their success Rochelle didn’t feel like celebrating Until the very last moment she’d held on to the hope that Zach was innocent But to find the bank account statee stock trade of Ivers International shares, had dashed her hopes