Chapter 14 - THE HANDBAG
The handbag became evidence for a reason I never expected.
Not legal evidence at first.
Financial.
Inside the bag that night was a folder I had brought to dinner.
I had planned to speak privately with Daniel after cake.
Bank notices.
Household spending report.
One credit-card statement.
A $63,000 jewelry purchase charged through Evelyn’s supplementary card.
Evelyn said it was a bracelet.
I had not approved.
Daniel did.
Within delegated limit?
No.
He split the payment into five charges below $15,000 over ten days.
That avoided the individual-transaction approval threshold.
There.
Intentional structuring around my controls.
Not necessarily criminal.
Definitely deceptive.
When Evelyn told me to leave my jewelry, I almost handed her the bag from shock.
If I had, she would have found the statements inside.
Did she know?
No evidence.
But Daniel knew I had started reviewing expenses.
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That was why he was so desperate to keep me inside after the slap.
He needed to know what I had already discovered.
