Carl took a second sheet of paper from his briefcase and smoothed it flat on the table next to the binders.

He put his formal legal language into plain terms.

“We’re documenting a five-hundred-thousand-dollar life insurance payout from November 2017,” Carl said.

Mark stopped looking at the door.

He stared straight at Carl’s face.

“We’re also documenting two hundred eighty thousand dollars in annual gifts stolen over seven years,” Carl said.

Mark took a short, shallow breath and looked down at the table.

“Every dollar was routed straight through Stevens Holdings LLC,” Carl said.