Thirty-One
Late in the afternoon of the last Friday in May, Steven Wilmington sat in his office with Paul Murphy, who was leading the special audit of the Office of State Supply’s contract approval process.
‘Drake was on to something, Steve, but he must have had a lot of time on his hands to figure it out though.’
‘Oh. What have you uncovered?’
‘We did all the standard checks and, on the surface, it looks like they’ve followed the sanctioned procedures. Nothing appears out of the ordinary. Everything’s documented down to the last full stop and linked to an appropriate policy or procedure.’
‘So, what’s the problem?’
‘All that documentation. It’s too comprehensive. I’ve never seen anything like it in all my years in the game. It’s as if they’ve constructed a defensive wall around the e
