They justify one step.

Then another.

By the time the outcome becomes monstrous, each individual compromise once felt survivable.

PART 27 — THE BUSINESS I THOUGHT JULIAN DESTROYED

Julian had originally been fired from my company for false vendor invoices.

The later investigation confirmed something important.

I had been right to terminate him.

But the earlier matter was not as large as I remembered.

Some invoices reflected legitimate subcontractors badly documented.

Others were improper.