His phone buzzed.
He opened the file.
Scrolled.
Stopped.
Then turned the screen toward Grace.
HARBOR CROWN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES IV.
INTERNAL ROUTING: HC-441.
Martin whispered, “Jesus.”
Grace stared.
The nineteen million had not simply disappeared.
It had been flowing through Northstar with routing instructions tied to the buyer attempting to acquire their company.
Rebecca immediately called her litigation team.
Declan called his chief risk officer.
Grace remained still.
The baby shifted.
One small elbow or knee pressed against her palm.
She looked down.
“Okay,” she whispered.
Not to the room.
To her daughter.
“I see it.”
Her phone rang again.
Ethan.
This time Grace answered.
“Where is Vanessa?”
His breathing was audible.
“I don’t know.”
“Did you give her approval credentials?”
Silence.
“Ethan.”
“She needed access.”
“To nineteen million dollars?”
“I didn’t know she had approval access to all of it.”
“You authorized her profile.”
“She was supposed to prepare communications records for diligence.”
