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The older woht he was an accountant Walter told rew up in foster care and has no ties to that part of his life Why wouldn’t he have told uy?”

“He’s a financial broker at Connelly,” Lialanced at Taot into some trouble, did some time in juvenile detention I’ve wondered if maybe Dad was involved in whatever it was and Ray took the rap for both of thehtened hiot out Because he’d been a juvenile offender, his record was sealed He went to college and orking as a bank er for a major chain when Dad offered hier to leave the past behind as uy”

“He sent you checks” Gabrielle ju at Missy But didn’t aze at her “I spent part of yesterday and last night going through files the FBI sent over on the five top-floor executives at Connelly I noticed that Buckus had made a couple of deposits into your offshore account”

Missy nodded, looking slightly sick “When Walter was out of the country I just thought it was his accountantthe deposits Walter told me his name because he wantedand couldn’t get in touch with him”

“Did you ever call him?” Tamara asked

“No”

“But you knew h an offshore account” Liam’s comment bordered on accusation Ta chair next to hertable

“I did”

“And you didn’t find that suspicious?” Gabrielle was interested in the answer, as well

“He told lobal business, so is in Switzerland It had to do with tax breaks”

Liam’s expression smoothed a bit, which indicated to Gabrielle that Missy’s ansas plausible

And as a lawyer, she had some questions

“Did he ask for his stuff back?” She’d been wondering why Walter hadn’t already ements to collect his files and other personal items from his ex-mistress

“No”

“And you didn’t find that odd?”