He didn’t answer.

He drew a circle around four hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars in red ink, then went around it a second time.

He set the pen down and turned the pad toward me.

The figure sat inside a red circle at the bottom of the page.

Four hundred eighty-six thousand dollars.

“Say that one more time,” Arthur said.

Mr.

Vance, the forensic auditor, had a pile of ledgers on the table in front of him.