Yet I remembered Gordon, dismissed for challenging the accounting records.
I thought about former Buckeye employees who’d missed paychecks as the company descended into debt.
And I remembered my house, the belongings I’d stored there, and my father’s photograph still somewhere inside.
“I won’t take money in exchange for silence,” I answered. “If they want to negotiate restitution, they’ll have to acknowledge specific obligations and do it through legal channels. My innocence is not for sale.”
Helen nodded.
“Then we keep going.”
We applied for orders restricting additional transfers of disputed assets while the proceedings continued.
We also submitted information about suspected forged documents and post-arrest financial transactions to the county prosecutor.
There were no immediate arrests or sensational confrontations.
Investigators examined paperwork, obtained banking records through subpoenas, and interviewed relevant individuals.
Progress remained painfully slow.
Sometimes entire weeks passed without visible movement.
Trevor retained different attorneys. Monica maintained that every administrative action she’d taken followed my instructions and established company procedures.
