That single assumption, three years in the making, was about to become the most expensive mistake of his life.

Chapter 8 — The Fraud

Elias laid the certified financial audit statements flat on the glass table, and Reginald Calloway leaned over them, and I watched the color drain out of the old man’s face as he read.

“What is the meaning of this?” Reginald demanded.

“Evidence,” Elias said calmly, “that your son has been systematically diverting corporate funds into fraudulent shell companies.

For some time now.”