Chapter 6 - Echelon Domestic
Every replacement came through the same agency.
Echelon Domestic Placement.
Ultra-high-end staffing for wealthy households.
Background checks.
Training.
Discretion agreements.
White-glove service.
Their placement fee was enormous.
Between $18,000 and $35,000 depending on the position.
If an employee resigned within ninety days, a replacement was usually covered.
After that:
new fee.
Michael’s household had paid Echelon more than $420,000 in staffing and transition costs over two years.
Michael could afford that.
That was exactly why nobody noticed.
To him, $25,000 was an expense line.
To most people, it was half a salary.
The agency founder was named Tessa Ward.
Rose’s college friend.
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That relationship had been disclosed.
What had not been disclosed were payments from Tessa’s event-consulting company to Rose.
