than anything they had said before.
I held my breath and moved the phone closer to the vent.
Eric took several seconds before answering.
“She never checks those reserve accounts.
She trusts me.”
Sarah gave a short laugh.
“Typical.
She spends her entire career finding financial fraud inside other But the rest had covered luxury vehicle leases, expensive vacations, restaurants, and personal spending.
Eleanor dismissed the entire subject with a sentence I knew I would remember forever.
“Family money changes pockets, dear.
It does not really change owners.”
About twenty minutes later, I heard the front door shut.
They had left.
I waited a little longer, slipped out through the garden
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