Douglas asked me to pause the conversation.

Apex had replied with something else that needed my attention urgently.

Its shareholder administration had flagged an attempted transfer at 2:41 that morning.

The request concerned my holding.

It had not completed.

I had not made it.

The electronic authorization used my name and appeared to carry my signature.

The system had retained the submitted material, the access history, and the verification failure that led to the request being held.