“Taken out of settled claims accounts over eleven years.

Derek Vance’s signature is on the withdrawals.

Megan Brooks initialed the transfers that hid them.”

There was a coffee ring on the page.

Charles had been writing this down while I ate a bologna sandwich and told him about my sister’s dog.

“Why didn’t he just have them fired?”

“He did the math.

His shares could get rid of a manager, but the records had to hold up if someone challenged them in court.