JULIAN VANCE.
I looked at the file, then my dad.
How long have you had this?
For almost six weeks.
I’m out of words.
- Six weeks? And you didn’t tell me anything?
Dad sat down slowly.
I wanted to tell you. But I had to check a few things before I alarmed you. And your lawyer needed to know exactly what information can be used and how.
I unwrap the file.
The first page contained a list of bank transactions.
The second, copies of bills.
Third, an organizational chart with the names of four companies I didn’t recognize.
One of them was called Sterling Strategic Partners.
I’ve frozen.
- Sterling? – Like Chloe Sterling?
Dad agreed.
- Exactly.
I started browsing the documents faster.
Over the past eighteen months, my company has made more payments to consulting firms and external suppliers. Some of the sums were small. Others were out of $100,000.
At first glance, they seemed ordinary commercial expenses.
