When I finished, Mr.

Shah looked at my notes and asked why I had flagged three expenses.

I explained that the vendor names matched, but the service dates overlapped with days when the trucks were out of service.

He checked the records and found I was right.

‘You followed the trail,’ he said.

At home that night I told Dana about the praise.

She raised her glass of water in celebration.

‘To boring competence,’ she said.