That single statement gave me the final confirmation I needed.
Tabitha had insisted that Robin authorize her to manage all wedding expenses through a dedicated account. He genuinely believed that the account contained only his personal funds, but it did not. My attorneys had funded it with a special traceable reserve after Teresa reported that Tabitha was pressuring local vendors to artificially inflate their invoices.
“Which specific contracts did you sign?” I asked her calmly.
“All of them,” she replied smugly.
“And what about the hidden kickback commissions?” I added.
Her eyes narrowed into tight slits.
I picked up my phone and called our general counsel, Simon Drake. He picked up immediately and I put him on speakerphone.
“Simon, we have full verbal confirmation,” I told him clearly.
“Understood, Mary,” Simon replied through the speaker. “The fraudulent payment requests have been completely frozen, and the investigators are waiting outside.”
Robin turned to look at me in confusion. “What do you mean by fraudulent?”
