Chapter 8 - The Second Ledger Changes Carlo’s Story
Investigators recovered a sealed metal tube from a maintenance cavity at
the warehouse.
Inside were photocopied ledgers and correspondence.
The records confirmed improper transfers from the Moretti Foundation.
But they complicated Carlo’s story.
Carlo had signed several transactions.
He said Antonio forced him.
Some letters suggested otherwise.
Early on, Carlo helped design the structure.
The foundation bought distressed properties.
Related Moretti companies later leased or developed them.
Some transactions were disclosed.
Others were not.
Carlo benefited through bonuses.
Thomas Reed discovered the conflicts and confronted both men.
Carlo only became a whistleblower after realizing Antonio planned to
expand the scheme.
Lorenzo asked Carlo directly.
“Did you help him?”
Carlo looked ashamed.
“Yes.”
Nora watched from across the room.
The man she had protected was not purely innocent.
That did not justify imprisoning him.
Both facts could exist.
Carlo admitted Thomas was the first person who tried to stop the scheme
from inside.
Thomas copied records.
He planned to report them.
Then he died in the crash.
Carlo always suspected Antonio arranged it.
There was no evidence yet.
Lorenzo refused to accept suspicion as fact.
“Did my father kill Thomas?”
“I don’t know.”
That answer mattered.
The ledger exposed financial misconduct.
It did not prove murder.
Nora appreciated Lorenzo for saying so.
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Her father deserved truth.
Not a more dramatic lie.
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