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Chapter One

Clayton Gibbs stood in front of the CEO, the twelve directors, and his twin brother, Jaydin Gibbs His audience sat around the large any table that his father had purchased just three weeks before the tragic triple hoed his and Jay’s lives forever

The plush boardroom was on the fifty-sixth floor of the headquarters of Gibbs Worldwide Investments

Clay pointed the laser creating the red dot on the screen “This portion of the report highlights what Jay and I have been researching”

“Clay, are you actually suggesting that we areover a million dollars of revenue each and every quarter froo and London offices?” William Moody, his and Jay’s uncle, was CEO of the company

The three of theedy they all shared Despite their many differences of opinions, he and his brother felt they were duty bound to their uncle for all he’d done for them

Jay leaned forward “It’s possible, Uncle Bill What we do know is at the very least there is an accounting error that has continued occurring for the past five years,back even further”

One of the longest serving members of the board and a dear friend of their father, Jaht about this, Bill, it wouldthe ball or is dipping into the till I believe we should hire an outside accounting firm to check into this”

Clay braced for his uncle and James to las They were like oil and water and had never gotten along Very few got along with Bill, whose surnaht of James as their uncle, too, but they tried to never call him “Uncle James” in front of Bill Whenever they did, Bill would lose his te after all the difficult history between James and Bill James had fallen in love with Caroline, the only sister of Clay and Jay’s father But Bill had swept in and tore them apart How? No one really knew Bill married Caroline, and James was left with a broken heart

Bill tapped his fingers on the surface of the table for a few rown accustoree, James”

That calm response surprised Clay and seemed to have the same impact on everyone else around the table

“You do?” James’s eyes narrowed