I have thought since about why he chose the harder, quieter road, and I think it is the same reason I trusted him with the thirty seconds of video in the first place: some people, when the ground opens under them, reach for the truth instead of away from it.

There are not many of them.

When you find one, you build your whole case on them, and you do not let them go afterward, which is why he runs my finance department to this day.

Chapter 11 — Follow the Money

With my authorization and a lawyer’s guidance, Andres began doing what he did better than almost anyone: reading the story money tells when it thinks no one is watching.

He handed copies of the evidence to the prosecutor’s office.