Mara's Pov

I searched for hours, but didn't see anything. Giving up was my last option. Finally, in the bottom drawer of a cabinet, I found it.

I flipped through the pages. Most were typed, professional documents with standard background checks. But when I reached Margaret’s file, I stopped.

Her name at the top was Margaret Scott.

Unlike the others, her page was covered in handwritten notes. The ink was faded, but the handwriting was unmistakably Philip’s. He had been investigating her. There were scribbles in the margins—dates, names of small towns, and a series of question marks next to her start date.

I looked at her age. She was...