That day, she told Tom only that Sherry had found an irregularity—nothing more specific. He asked if it was serious. She said she didn’t know yet. She didn’t say that she had felt the first terrible shift of something she’d been refusing to name.
Sherry’s instructions were clear: “Do not confront Diane, do not tell the family, do not signal in any way that their position had changed. Let Harwick finish their work. Sit tight until then.” And that’s exactly what Sarah did.