“Is this the proof?” I asked.

“It’s another important question,” Evelyn said.

“And now we know whom to ask.”

We later learned the employee had moved to Denver.

She agreed to provide an account of her recollection and any surviving records.

She remembered that the beneficiary notification process had bothered her because it departed from the usual safeguards.

“Why didn’t she tell me?” I asked after the call.

“She was a junior employee,” Evelyn answered.