It feels unbearable to sit on it.

But proof is not the same as position, and a good case is not just about what you can show — it’s about when and where you show it, and about denying the other side any chance to react before you do.” A man like Julian, she said, was most dangerous when cornered and given time; he was an accountant, a mover of money, and if we filed quietly he would have days or weeks to shift assets, delete records, coach witnesses, and rebuild his story before anyone official looked.

But a man who believes he is winning does none of those things.

He keeps building, keeps transferring, keeps leaving the trail, because he has no reason to cover a crime no one has noticed.