“Is that why you stopped working for Derek?”

“One of the reasons.”

“Was he stealing?”

“I can’t responsibly say that from what we have here.

A payment to a company, even an unusual one, isn’t proof of fraud.

But if funds were transferred out of your jointly owned account without the authority required by the account agreement, your attorney needs to know.”

The distinction mattered.

I had arrived desperate for someone to explain everything with a single word.