He knew Dean had eyes everywhere.”

Sophie turned from the window.

“Why would Dad meet a bank auditor in the dark?”

“Because by then your uncle had already stolen ninety-four thousand dollars from the trust,” Vance said.

The desk clock ticked twice before anyone moved.

Vance opened the top drawer of his filing cabinet and took out a manila folder marked with yellow tape.

He paged through three typed ledger sheets.

“Daniel came to my office on a Thursday.