I stared at her.
Megan placed the reports on my desk and adjusted her glasses.
"I knew something was wrong when you left. After Caleb took over, he froze me out of Finance for two years. He only put me back in charge at the beginning of this year, and by then the accounts were already a disaster. The moment I saw last night's news, I knew you were coming back. These are the real figures. I spent the past few nights compiling them. The reports Caleb had been relying on were falsified."
I opened the first report.
The numbers were nothing like the official version I had reviewed at lunch.
The real losses were far worse than the books showed. Unreported liabilities added at least 30 million dollars to the company's debt.
I rubbed my temples.
"Can the company still be saved?"
Megan smil
