When we sit down to eat, I sigh in relief that Estelle isn’t seated at our table; in fact, she is completely across the room where she can’t be seen from our table. While Kenzie chats with the wife of a CEO who is sitting next to her, I quickly pull out my cell phone to check on things, just as that woman’s husband is doing.

Preliminary background check will be completed by morning and a more in-depth one within forty-eight hours. –C

I want to know everything there is to know about this woman; tell them to leave nothing out. –N

If I may ask, who is this woman?...