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Together

GABRIELLE WAS THE one who found the link between the Ponzi sche his stint as a Connelly liaison—a complimentary terle investor who’d been scammed in the Grayson deal

If he’d fudged numbers on one account—as Walter could prove with the Donaldson deal froo—then it wasn’t a far reach to the conclusion that he’d repeated his pattern—his ed numbers had turned up But they could in time

Or perhaps the forgery was to be found, this time, in the description of the land Grayson development instead of swamp

Before she told Liam what she’d found, Gabrielle made an appointment to meet with Kyle Donaldson away from Connelly Investments

The fact that the hway between Denver and Boulder told Gabrielle that he had so to hide

Or so to confide

Either way, for safety’s sake she told Marie where she was going that next Monday when she left work early to beat Elliott Tanner’s hay from Denver But she didn’t tell anyone else Marie didn’t like what she was doing, but agreed to keep her secret

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he was halfway to her destination when she noticed the car that she’d seen shortly after leaving her office still on the road with her And then noticed it again when she got off the highway for gas she didn’t need The nondescript black vehicle pulled into a fast food place across the street

Changing her as, she pulled away from the pump and sped by the black car on her return to the freeway She already had Donaldson on the phone, changing their nized the driver of the car that was now immediately behind her

Elliott Tanner

THE NEXT MORNING, Gabrielle left for work earlier than norinal schedule Her second Tuesdayclient had been moved up as well, so Kyle Donaldson could take the third slot

Once Gabrielle was at work, she’d seemed to be left alone She wasn’t a threat to Elliott Tanner or anyone else anted to knohat she was up to She was dedicated to her job and while she was there, the expectation was that she’d be working Doing her job well