It had replaced the family photograph that used to stand on the shelf behind him.

I knew because I had dusted that shelf myself for years, back when the company didn’t have a cleaning service.

Our financial controller, Peter Salas, met me near the accounting department.

He’d worked for Crestview for seven years.

He looked relieved, then worried.

“I need the reserve-account reconciliations,” I told him.

“Mark said those were executive-only.”

“Executive-only is not a category in the accounting policy I wrote.”