Eleven Years of Eating Lunch by a Window in Columbus, Ohio, Ended With a Box I Never Expected

Pending audit review.

Megan Brooks, the accounting supervisor, stood behind him with a clipboard pressed to her cardigan.

She smoothed one lapel, then the other.

“The historical claims files,” Derek said.

“The ones you mishandled.”

I set my coffee down without taking a sip.

“The files from 2018?

Those went to the shredder on your order.