I found that answer frustrating, but I trusted it more than certainty delivered too quickly.

There was another document: a bank account statement I had obtained for my own transfers.

Mark had always described them as money for Emma.

Nothing on my end showed where the funds went after reaching him.

“Can you trace the full amount?” I asked.

“Not without the appropriate records.

Investigators may be able to obtain them with lawful process.

What matters now is that Emma appears to have raised a safety concern and may be afraid of retaliation.”