“I should have spoken sooner,” he admitted.

“You can speak now,” Priya said.

We examined the files one at a time.

Several grant approvals appeared to carry my mother’s signature after the date of her supposed death.

Others were signed using digital authorizations that did not exist until years later.

Thomas could explain which accounting controls should have applied and which discrepancies he had noticed.

Priya was careful.

“These documents raise serious questions.