Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars and a Missing Name on a Ledger

in his hands.

“He wants you to keep time, not look at the calendar,” Raymond said.

“The calendar says we have a month before the annual budget is locked in,” I said.

“Then you have to ask for the bank records now,” Raymond said.

By six, the hum of the old window air conditioner on Wilshire Boulevard was the only sound in the Watchdog Initiative office.continue reading …