we audit your office.”
“Audit?” I asked.
Grant stepped closer. “Don’t make this ugly, Claire. We know about the missing vendor credits.”
There it was.
The setup.
Two weeks earlier, accounting had flagged irregular refunds moving through Grant’s private vendor contacts.
I had reported them directly to corporate compliance.
Grant must have discovered that.
So he brought his mother in first, hoping to make me look guilty before the real investigation reached him.
I picked up my phone.
Elaine laughed. “Yes, call security. Tell them your mother-in-law hurt your feelings.”
