UNDER HIS RULES: Trapped in his game
When I reached the last page, I closed the folder and looked up.
"These numbers are clean," I said, my voice deadpan.
"Go on," Kaelen urged.
"That's the problem. They're too perfect."
I tapped the report.
"No company this size has books that look like this. There are always small mistakes, rounding errors, damaged inventory, exchange-rate differences. But this?" I looked back at him. "Someone polished these records until they looked flawless. That's what makes them suspicious.”
A minute passed.