Chapter 5 - The Master Plan
Julian had always possessed a genius-level intellect for forensic accounting. It was why Robert viewed him as such a threat all those years ago.
Over the next forty-eight hours, Julian and I worked out of my home office, poring over the documents the investigators had pulled. Robert had been sloppy. Believing he was untouchable and the guaranteed heir to the company, he had been embezzling corporate funds for nearly a decade, hiding the money in offshore shell companies under his mistress's name.
"Look at this," Julian pointed to a line item on the spreadsheet. "He's been over-invoicing our steel suppliers by twenty percent and funneling the difference into a Cayman Islands account. It's almost forty million dollars."
I felt a surge of pride looking at my son. We were working together, side by side, operating as a flawless unit.
"We need undeniable proof before the board meeting," I said. "If we present this without the bank records, Robert will claim we fabricated it to retaliate for his firing."
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"Leave that to me," Julian smiled grimly. "Robert's mistress loves Instagram. And she just posted a photo from a yacht registered to a holding company that doesn't exist on paper. I know exactly how to track it."
For the first time in a decade, I didn't feel the crushing weight of loneliness. I had my partner back.
