Adrian
The embezzlement case was more buried that I'd imagined, erased records, sealed files, I now understood why the truth remaines buried, most people would eventually give up once the trail went cold.
Unfortunately for whoever buried this one—
I wasn’t most people, besides I had a wet strong reason to solve this case, 'Emily'.
It had taken nearly a week.
A week of pulling favors, leaning on old contacts, accessing records that technically weren’t meant to be accessed anymore. Daniel had even complained twice that digging this far into decade-old financial trails was “borderline archaeological work.”
But eventually, the pieces began falling into place.
And when they did…
Even I had to sit back in silence for a moment.
Daniel stood across my office desk, tablet in hand.
“You we
