Allie stopped what she was doing and peered over his shoulder.
"This invoice for a drone part," he told her. "I remember seeing it because the name sounded like a comic book character." He flipped through his notes and looked back at the other documents mentioning that same product. He did a search through the pdfs and found several other invoices for the same part, for the same amounts. A quick Google search turned up nothing for the product.
"This isn't even a real product," he said.
"Classic case of embezzlement," Allie said. "Gather all your notes together, and keep an eye out for other suspicious invoices or charges."
"Who straight up embezzles when the company has defense contracts?" Carter said. "That’s a sure way of being blacklisted."
Allie nodded. "We need to report this immediately. We don't want this to affect Holbrook's ability to qualify for federal contracts."
"Trent has to be the one doing this," Carter said.
Carter spent the rest of the weekend gathering evidence. He and Allie reported their findings to Grant that Monday.
"I'll put the lawyers on it," he said when they finished. "You will probably have to help them build the case, Carter."
It didn't take long. Carter helped the lawyers compile documents, and a few days later, Grant gave them the news that Trent had been fired.
"Problem solved. Nice work!" Grant said when he visited Carter, Allie, and Liz on their floor. "Come on, you three. I'm taking you out."
"You guys saved us from an unimaginable amount of hurt," Walter told them. He was already seated at the nice restaurant Grant had taken them to.
"It was all Carter," Allie told him as she looked over the menu.
"Really?" Walter and Grant seemed surprised.
Carter grinned happily in spite of himself. "I just did what I was told."
"You could have just phoned it in and pretended to look at the documents or lied about it. I wouldn't have known the difference," Allie replied.
"You shouldn't be handed a cookie just for doing your job," Carter said.
"Well, still, Carter, you should be proud," Allie said.
"At least you're one less family member I have to worry about now," Walter said after they placed their orders.
"Is Grandpa causing trouble? I thought he would be too preoccupied with his new sugar baby to be a problem."
"Your grandfather has a sugar baby?" Liz asked, looking horrified between Grant and Carter.
"It’s the least bad option," Walter said and loosened his collar. "It keeps him occupied."
"My grandfather plays golf and volunteers at the hospice," Liz said.
"Yeah, I can't imagine Harris doing any of that," Walter said and took a generous sip of his drink when the waiter brought it over.
"I have to run, unfortunately," Grant said, standing up after he finished his meal. "I'm flying out tonight."
"Again? You've barely been here."
"I'll be back more starting next week."
"Have you even seen your dog?" Carter asked.
"The dog walker brought him by to say hello," Grant replied as he checked his phone. "Allie's been taking good care of him."
"About that," she said. "I'm moving out soon. With the settlement from the hotel fiasco, I was able to find a place to rent."
