I looked directly at him.
“Some interest?”
He stopped smiling.
“I appointed you CEO, Julian. I trusted you to manage a company my father spent forty years building.”
Margaret activated the presentation screen.
A series of financial documents appeared.
The first set summarized the independent audit committee’s preliminary findings.
Eighteen questionable invoices.
Transactions totaling approximately $1.8 million.
A supplier connected to Celeste’s brother.
Several payments bearing Julian’s electronic authorization.
As the directors studied the records, Julian’s face changed.
“These are confidential company documents!”
Margaret nodded.
“Correct. And the board has a responsibility to review them.”
Celeste suddenly pointed toward me.
“She infiltrated this company! She was pretending to be an ordinary employee!”
I looked at her calmly.
“My temporary employment was authorized by the appropriate parties. The financial review was conducted independently.”
Margaret opened another folder.
“We’ve also reviewed the security footage from yesterday’s incident in the dining room.”
