Mason accused Gavin of personally ordering him to cook the books.

Charlotte accused Bridget of billing personal vacations to the company; Bridget shrieked that Charlotte had put private clothing and cosmetic surgery on the corporate accounts; Mason snarled at Charlotte that she’d known perfectly well her house renovations were paid with company money.

Cornered, each reached for the nearest throat, and every accusation was true, and every one of them was confessing in front of a hundred reporters and a bank of cameras.

I did not have to say another word.