Terminated for attending my mother’s funeral.” After five years of loyalty, I was fired by email while still grieving.

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“This is not sloppy accounting,” he said after twenty minutes. “This is structured.”

Dana tapped her pen once on the desk. “Explain.”

“These shell vendors are probably being used to skim from inflated freight costs. The payments are split below internal review thresholds. Whoever designed this knew the approval system.”

“Greg?” I asked.

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