The timing aligned with a deposit for the retirement community.

Documentation of its stated purpose was incomplete.

“Is it corporate money?” I asked.

“The source may include payments traced from Crestview,” Stephen said.

“But the full chain is still being reconciled.

We won’t accuse your mother-in-law of knowingly receiving misappropriated funds without evidence of her knowledge.”

I appreciated the restraint, even though every part of me wanted to march downstairs and ask whether her balcony would overlook the money my father had put into Crestview.

Instead, I checked the firm’s cash forecast and asked Nina to preserve the relevant records.