# THOMPSON-HAYES: THE INSIDE OUT
## Chapter Forty-Two — The Audit Closes
The Horizon compliance audit closed on a Friday.
Nathan told her over dinner. He had been waiting — she could tell from the specific quality of his quietness all evening, the way he ate without filling the silence with small talk. After she cleared the plates he said: "The audit is done."
She sat back down.
"The full portfolio review," he said. "Every company, every investment relationship, every LP connection going back eight years. The external auditor's report went to the LP advisory board this afternoon." He paused. "Clean. Every position documented, every potential conflict identified and disclosed, every relationship mapped against the Thompson-Hayes situation specifically."
"And the LP advisory board's re
