I stared at the numbers.

Tristan wasn’t just managing money for Khloe and her family.

He was keeping a separate record of every transfer made by the Sterling syndicate.

I booted up a decryption tool on the silver laptop.

I typed in the first sequence of numbers from the ledger.

The software began to run, the progress bar slowly filling the screen.

My hands were shaking as I waited.

If Tristan was keeping these records, he wasn’t just trying to steal my savings.

He was building a case.

The progress bar hit one hundred percent with a soft chime.

A document opened on the screen.

It was a draft of a cooperation agreement.

The names listed at the top made my breath catch in my throat.

Tristan Carmichael and the United States Attorney’s Office.

But as I scrolled down, the details became even more alarming.

Tristan wasn’t just offering Sterling to the federal agents.

He had altered the dates of the transfers in this ledger.

He was planning to frame Arthur for transactions that had actually been authorized by a completely different entity.