Adrian POV
Patterns hide inside numbers.
People lie.
Money rarely does.
The office floor of Cole Group is almost empty when Damian enters. The glass walls reflect the city lights behind him, turning the room into a floating grid of blue and silver.
He shuts the door quietly.
“That contractor you asked about,” he says.
I don’t look up from the tablet immediately.
“Continue.”
Damian walks to the desk and sets a folder down.
“His name is Gregory Vance. Independent security installer. Small firm. Mostly private residential work.”
Nothing unusual.
“Background?”
“Clean on the surface,” Damian replies. “But the payments funding his projects weren’t coming from his company accounts.”
That gets my attention.
I set the tablet aside.
“Source?”
Damian opens the folder and slides sever
