She saved the comparison without mentioning Morgan to Ethan yet. Corporate file naming was habit, not guilt, and Claire refused to turn resemblance into accusation simply because she wanted an answer. Still, the pattern joined a growing set of details suggesting that whoever had started this understood Cross Strategic’s internal systems from the inside.

Across town, Ryan Foster received another anonymous upload before midnight. The document was formatted as a private behavioral-health note and claimed that Claire Bennett had been evaluated for paranoid episodes, obsessive suspicion, and marital instability months before the hotel video existed. The provider name was real, the address was real, and the language was polished enough to survive a casual glance.

Claire had never been treated there.

By morning, Ryan had not published the document, but he had already sent Ethan a request for comment.

The question attached to it was no longer whether Claire had cheated.

It was whether anyone should believe her at all.

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