“There’s a payment I can’t reconcile,” she said.

The transfer was listed as educational outreach consulting.

The recipient was a newly incorporated company whose mailing address matched a business center used by one of Cordelia’s advisers.

The amount was large enough to attract attention but small enough to disappear among sponsorship expenses.

“Who approved it?” I asked.

“Two signatures.

One was your foundation vice president.

The other was an electronic approval from your account.”