CHAPTER EIGHT
It was Valentine’s Day when Carley first began transferring money from the client trust account to the firm’s general account. It seemed an appropriate day to begin. The other female staff members were getting flowers delivered and giggling over them. Carley received a small bouquet as well. It was from herself, with a card that simply read from Derek. Because she wasn’t too friendly with anyone in the office, she didn’t have to make up detailed stories other than it being from “a man she just started dating.”
Carley didn’t enter the bank transfers in the check register. She made a note to herself of the amount of money transferred and the names of the clients who would be affected. Rick never looked at the checkbooks or logged into the bank accounts online. He left all the
