occasionally wore during inspections and assumed nothing had changed.
I let them.
Two years earlier, their founder, Richard Vale, invested in my company after I saved his flagship hotel from a catastrophic sanitation shutdown. In return, I received equity in a new facilities subsidiary and one crucial contractual right: any executive using vendor contracts for undisclosed personal benefit could trigger an immediate independent audit and suspension.
Daniel knew none of that.
But something bothered me after the call.
Three days earlier, my office had flagged unusual invoices from Vale Grand
