“It sounds comfortable.”

“It would be, if people stopped interfering in Mark’s business.”

I looked at the brochure.

A handwritten note beside the suite listed a six-figure entry payment.

I remembered the missing company funds and wondered whether her timing meant anything.

It was not proof, so I said nothing.

That afternoon Stephen called with a development from Nina.

During the forensic review, she’d identified a $100,000 payment that passed through an intermediary associated with Brenda before reaching an account held by Ofelia.