The audit was days old and still it had already found the first body.

Uncle Andrew opened a black binder on the marble and turned it toward Ivan, unhurried.

“Three years ago,” he said, “Kingsley Technologies used unauthorized cross-collateralization tied to Ashworth Global assets to refinance a set of your personal holdings.

Including,” he tapped the page once, “this house.

You borrowed against my niece’s family’s collateral to buy the roof she is currently standing under, and you did it without her knowledge.”

“Meredith authorized those transfers,” Ivan said, too fast.