Married, two kids
Maya Richardson – Event Coordinator
Age: 42
No criminal record
Works two jobs
Divorced, sole custody of teenage son
Nothing suspicious. No debts, no criminal history, no connection to Lily Harper or her company. Isabel skimmed through a dozen more names, her frustration mounting. Then something caught her eye.
Daniel Keene – Head Caterer
Filed for bankruptcy – Four months ago
Foreclosure on home – Three months ago
Maxed out credit cards, multiple unpaid loans
She sat up straighter, rubbing her thumb against her jaw as she read through his file again. Bankruptcy wasn’t unusual—especially in the food industry—but the timing wasinteresting. He’d lost everything just months before catering an event for one of the wealthiest women in the country.
Could he be planning to ask for a ransom? She rolled the idea around in her head, chewing on the end of her pen.
Desperation makes people reckless. If he saw an opportunity to snatch a millionaire’s kid and cash in, would he take it?
