Flora wiped a tear from her cheek. The pride in her voice shifted into a deep, agonizing sorrow.
"But Lord Farrington is a monster," Flora spat, the word carrying years of hatred. "And he is much smarter than we ever realized. The very next morning, the Earl went into his study. Edward had left everything perfectly in place, but Lord Farrington noticed something we did not. He noticed a single, tiny smudge of dirt on the edge of his hidden safe. He opened the safe and found the ledger missing."
Rowan felt a cold chill run down his spine. Farrington's attention to detail was terrifying.
