Richard called Vale Meridian’s general counsel.
I forwarded the email, metadata, and original preservation notices from my investigation.
The attorney went quiet after reading them.
Then she said, “Richard, do not let Evan access company systems.”
Olivia stared at her fiancé.
“What did you do?”
He snapped, “I protected the company!”
“No,” I said. “You protected yourself.”
Then I revealed the detail I had kept from everyone.
The deleted records had been restored.
And they showed Evan had received payments from one of the shell suppliers.
$620,000.
Richard slowly
