Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars and a Missing Name on a Ledger

was not paid to a subcontractor.”

I read the small print twice, tracing the routing numbers with my thumb.

The missing eighty thousand dollars was sent to a private consulting firm.

“The developer signed the check directly to them,” Raymond said, his voice dropping to a whisper as the waitress set down a plate of toast.

“Do we know who continue reading …