Chapter 5

Sophia slid a brown paper bag across the table to me. "I was the one who sent you the recording."

I remained standing. "Why?"

"I don't want to go to jail." All her confidence from yesterday was gone, replaced by pure panic.

Inside the bag were an old phone, three bank cards, and a handwritten ledger.

The ledger detailed all of Michael's financial transactions over the past two years.

4.5 million dollars had been moved through Sophia's accounts.

"Michael said it was for the company," she explained, her voice urgent. "I didn't keep the money. I only took a 60-thousand-dollar…