When the truth came out, when she learned what she had done when she told Jeffrey to take a cab home from the airport, she fainted right there in the office.
A delay! That's all the voice on the phone had wanted from her. Just a delay, so that a transaction could be completed before her lover had a chance to read the papers on his desk. She'd meant no harm. Had intended to use the money for a nice romantic dinner. But now she was the only one who knew the murder might not be coincidence.
Time to run.