The photo Reagan produced that afternoon showed Julian Vane and Weston Holt seated together at a private club Ivy had never heard of, both men dressed in the careful, understated wealth of people who'd never once had to prove anything to anyone, heads bent close together over a table that clearly wasn't set for a casual lunch.

"When was this taken," Sterling asked, voice flat with barely controlled anger.

"Yesterday. My source inside the club confirmed it's their second meeting this week." Reagan's jaw was tight. "I don't think this is coincidence, Sterling. I think your father found Holt's takeover attempt already underway and decided to attach himself to it,...