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Daniel passed a folder to me. I flipped through the series of emails and legal documents and handed them to Mulaney.Fucking hell.
“Son of a bitch,” I yelled.
“That bastard.” Mulaney looked ready to rip the folder into pieces.
“He funneled the money out of Carter Energy to buy a pipeline project in our names with this mostly fake construction company. What you haven’t answered is why,” I said in frustration.
“The only person who can reveal that is Drew.”
“He wanted the pipeline. We knew that, just not how much and to what lengths he’d go to get it,” Mulaney said, tossing the papers on the desk.
Daniel straightened one of the photos lined up across it.
“Is my father involved?” The question felt wrong coming out of my mouth, but I had to know.
“There is correspondence between him and Drew, where your brother urges him to consider SPE for the sale. Other than that, nothing so far.”
I straightened. “Did you say for the sale?” He nodded once. “Is that what the email said?”
“Yes.” He thumbed through the papers until he found what he was looking for. “Here.”
“’Dad, SPE is interested. They’d be an excellent candidate to sell CE to, a good alignment, and they have the resources.’” The more I read aloud, the more it sickened me.
“Drew acted as surprised as we were about the sale,” Mulaney said.
But he’d been calm.If there was one thing I recalled most from that meeting was how calm Drew had been.Now it made sense.“But he knew. All along, he knew.” A throbbing pulsed between my temples.
“Rat bastard,” she said. “It’s too late to get Carter Energy back, but we can punish him for what he’s done to the full extent of the law.”
“We can’t do that.” He was my brother. I couldn’t do anything until I found out why. There had to be a reason.
A soft knock sounded on the cracked-open door. The three of us turned as Holly poked her head in.
“I’m sorry to interrupt, but I found something I think you might want to see.” She glanced toward Daniel and clutched the laptop in her hand. “Muriella said I’d find you here.”
“Come in.” Mulaney stood and indicated for her to take her seat.
She looked uncertainly at Daniel again, as both he and I moved to stand at the same time.
Mulaney waved us off. “Keep your seats.” She folded her arms on the back of the chair she’d just vacated to look over Holly’s shoulder.
Holly pulled up EXODUS on the laptop and logged in. “These numbers. They aren’t anything like yours or Mr. Carter’s.”
I bolted from my chair and moved beside Mulaney. I leaned closer when she pointed toward the total balance of assets. There was a substantial difference. Like nearly a billion.
“Where did you get this?” I demanded.
She looked back at me and swallowed hard. “It’s Mr. Carter’s account.”
“My father’s?”
“Your brother’s.” Her eyes darted to mine.
I raised a brow, and she straightened. “How did you get access to his EXODUS login?”
“It’s not important.” She silently pled for me not to push.
Mulaney ignored it. “I highly doubt he just handed it over.”
