Every head turned toward Silas, the twenty-eight-year-old inventory manager.

He went stiff.

“What does this have to do with me?”

“About a month ago,” Nkechi said, “I heard you arguing with the driver from the new distributor.

Something about a line item — you said the invoice listed more than what actually got delivered.”

“That was a totally different thing,” Silas said, too fast and too loud.