So he started stealing from his employer to cover the difference.”

Marcus flipped to the next page and scanned a new column of matching numbers.

He clicked his pen again.

“Every signature here authorizing these transfers is his,” Marcus said.

“He used Oakmont as a shell company to hide the stolen funds from the regional managers.”

I thought about Richard sitting at our dining room table, checking his reflection in the window and talking in circles about high-yield bonds.

I thought about the expensive cruise brochures he brought home just to get me out of the state while he finished his escape.