“Daniel said the total was nearly four million.”
“That aligns with what I found.”
“Can Garrett blame me?”
“He can try. Your credentials were used, and your name appears on the approvals.”
“But I didn’t authorize them.”
“We will need to establish that.”
“How?”
“Device records. Login locations. Time stamps. Emails. Witness testimony.”
She closed the laptop halfway.
“And the hidden drive may help.”
I looked at her.
“You know about it?”
“Detective Ruiz contacted me. They need someone familiar with the corporate structure to identify the files.”
“What if the drive proves Garrett did all of this?”
“Then we follow the evidence.”
“And if it proves Daniel did?”
“Then we follow the evidence.”
The neutrality in her answer frightened me, but it also grounded me.
Truth was not loyalty.
Truth did not change depending on whose name appeared in it.
By noon, the protective order had been approved.
