“You will have an opportunity to provide documents and context.”
He looked at me.
I did not rescue him from the wording.
Miriam slid a packet across the table.
“Do you recognize these payments?”
Grant scanned.
“Yes.”
“Did you approve them?”
“Some.”
“How many?”
He looked closer.
“Most.”
Celeste handed him a second sheet.
“Here are the fourteen duplicate reimbursements.”
Grant frowned.
“I didn’t know they were duplicates.”
“Did you review supporting invoices?”
“Not carefully.”
“Why?”
“Paige submitted them.”
Miriam said:
“That does not answer the control question.”
Grant rubbed his forehead.
“She handled branding and client hospitality.”
“I trusted her.”
“Did the company have a written consulting agreement?”
“Yes.”
“Did it permit personal wellness expenses?”
“No.”
“Jewelry?”
“Only legitimate client gifts with documentation.”
“Did you review recipient names?”
“No.”
“Restaurants?”
“Same.”
“No.”
Grant’s face reddened.
Miriam continued.
“The twenty-five-thousand-dollar advance?”
He looked up.
“That I knew.”
“For what?”
“A market-positioning project.”
“Delivered?”
He hesitated.
“Partially.”
“Where is the work product?”
“I don’t know.”
Celeste spoke.
“I have requested it twice.”
Grant looked at her.
“When?”
“Last month.”
“I never saw that.”
“It was sent to both you and Paige.”
He looked away.
That told me enough about how he read emails involving his wife.
Then Miriam placed the restructuring draft in front of him.
“Do you recognize this?”
