A police report.
A medical examination.
An emergency preservation notice for relevant corporate records.
Then he asked:
“Do you want to discuss your Blackwood shares?”
“Yes.”
My late father had invested in Blackwood Logistics when it was still regional.
After he died, his shares passed into a family trust.
Over time, dilution and restructuring left me with approximately six percent voting ownership.
Not control.
But enough.
Enough to inspect certain records.
Enough to raise formal governance questions.
Enough to request independent review under the shareholder agreement if credible misuse of company property existed.
Adrian had always dismissed the stake.
“Your father’s old investment.”
He said it affectionately at first.
Later dismissively.
He never imagined I would use the rights attached to it.
Daniel said:
“If Blackwood resources funded personal misconduct, this becomes larger than your marriage.”
“I know.”
“Claire.”
He looked at me.
“This process cannot be revenge.”
“It isn’t.”
“Good.”
“Because governance works only if we stay cleaner than the people we are investigating.”
That sentence guided everything afterward.
