Chapter 3 — The Camera Never Lied
Chapter 3 — The Camera Never Lied
By evening, the security footage had been recovered.
Not just from the pantry.
From the executive floor.
From the private elevator.
From six months of archived recordings.
The investigators watched in stunned silence.
Vanessa entered Adrian's private office almost every evening.
Sometimes carrying files.
Often leaving without them.
She wore jewelry that had belonged to me.
She used the executive residence parking garage.
She accessed restricted financial records.
Then came another discovery.
Expense reports.
Luxury vacations.
Designer handbags.
Private charter flights.
All charged to corporate accounts under "executive client relations."
The total exceeded four million dollars.
The forensic accountants dug deeper.
Fake consulting contracts.
Ghost vendors.
Shell companies.
Every fraudulent payment led back to one signature.
Vanessa Cole.
Approved by Adrian Bennett.
Corporate counsel looked at Adrian.
"Did you authorize these?"
He remained silent.
Silence became confession.
The police arrived before midnight.
This time...
The handcuffs closed around different wrists.
Vanessa screamed.
"You promised you'd protect me!"
May you like
Adrian couldn't answer.
Because he was already being read his rights.
