Chapter 6

The police told me there had been some progress in the case. The missing funds seemed to have been traced back to a single account. They sent over the relevant information and asked me to look through it for any clues, then report back immediately. I quickly shared the details with everyone, and their eyes all lit up. The finance lead's expression darkened. "This looks like a clandestine deduction! It can silently siphon off money without leaving any trace or record. Isn't this a tactic used in offshore money laundering? How could it show up domestically?" She turned and glared at me. "Audrey, did you secretly sign some automatic deduction agreement and hide it from us?" "I swear I didn't!" I frowned. I had heard of clandestine deduction before, but how could this be happening with my account? Could this have something to do with that text message? I looked up at Justine. "Can you ask the bank to dig deeper into this account? Maybe they'll find something." Without a word, she c