I put him on speakerphone.
Dad listened quietly.
Marcus explained everything.
When he mentioned the $311,000 attempted charge, Rebecca covered her mouth.
Dad merely nodded.
“Did you preserve the transaction records?” he asked.
“Yes, sir.”
“Good. Please preserve the access logs and relevant security footage as well.”
Marcus agreed.
Then Dad looked at me.
“Now we know why he was smiling.”
I felt cold.
But our evening wasn’t finished.
Not even close.
At 10:06, Rebecca received a message from the bank’s fraud department.
Several unusual transfers connected to Lakefront Strategic Solutions were being reviewed.
The bank had flagged a pending payment of $275,000.
The payment hadn’t been released.
Rebecca turned her laptop toward us.
Dad studied the beneficiary details.
Then asked for the company’s ownership records.
We located publicly filed documents showing Lakefront’s registered manager.
Savannah Pierce.
My ex-husband’s mistress.
For several seconds, I couldn’t breathe.
Five years.
The payments had begun five years earlier.
