Paying three hundred thousand dollars of debt before being ordered out of the house
“These are from the primary operating account,” I said.
He did not look up immediately. He rotated his gold signet ring twice, his thumb dragging across the metal, before he finally glanced at the papers. The ring made a tiny clicking sound against the wood of the table.
“Clare, I am in the middle of preparing a client proposal,” he said, his voice flat.
“Ninety thousand dollars left the account between October and January,” I said, pointing to the highlighted columns. “The printout shows a withdrawal of forty-five thousand dollars on November twelfth, followed by another forty-five thousand dollars on January eighth. It went to a clearing bank in Delaware, but there is no corresponding vendor invoice in your ledger. Delaware transfers usually point to holding companies or private trusts, Marcus, not standard suppliers.”
Marcus let out a short, dry laugh and closed his laptop halfway, trapping the first page of the printouts under the screen. “It is corporate restructuring, Clare. You of all people should understand that funds have to be reallocated to keep the operations fluid.”
