from our daughter’s college trust using my credentials isn’t one either.”
His face drained of color.
“You checked the trust account?”
“How much did you take?”
Julian clasped his hands together.
“Forty thousand dollars.”
“I already found forty thousand. What else did you take?”
Silence filled the room.
Eventually, he confessed.
Months earlier, Julian had poured money into a risky private import venture with a business partner.
The investment collapsed.
He lost his capital and, terrified Elena would discover what he had done, began taking money from Maya’s trust because
