“Who else knew about this?” I asked.

“Vanessa Cross was the operations liaison back then,” Miller said.

“She was his administrative assistant before she became Cole’s mistress.”

The realization hit me like a cold wave.

Vanessa didn’t just help Cole hide the money.

She knew how the system worked because she had watched my father build it.

“Where is she now?” I asked.

“They have her in the holding cells in the basement of the tribunal offices,” Miller said.

“General Albright ordered her detained for questioning this morning.”

“I need to see her,” I said.

“Eleanor, that’s restricted,” Miller warned. “Cole’s people are everywhere.”

“I don’t care,” I said, straightening my jacket.

I tucked my phone into my pocket.

“Give me the ledger,” I said.

Miller hesitated, his hand resting on the leather cover.

“If they catch you with this, they’ll lock you up too,” he said.

“They won’t catch me,” I said, reaching out.

He let go of the book, and I slid it into my leather shoulder bag.

I walked back to the metal door and cracked it open.

The corridor was silent.