Chapter 6 - The Missing Money Bought Something Else
Marcus contacted his accountant, Julia Chen.
She reviewed the family accounts.
The education money had not paid household bills.
It had moved through several transfers into an account labeled VJ
Interiors.
Vanessa claimed it was a decorating company.
Julia searched the registration.
VJ Interiors belonged to Vanessa and a man named Jordan Hale.
Marcus knew Jordan.
He was Vanessa’s former boyfriend.
Vanessa’s face changed when Marcus said the name.
She insisted Jordan was only a business partner.
The transfers totaled $126,000 over nine months.
Some came from Marcus’s household account.
Some came from refunds tied to Maya.
Some came from a savings account Marcus had created after Maya’s mother
died.
Marcus stared at Vanessa.
“You took money from Maya’s account?”
“I borrowed it.”
“She’s eight.”
“I was going to replace it.”
“For what?”
Vanessa refused to answer.
Julia did.
VJ Interiors had recently placed a deposit on a condominium.
The property was not in Marcus’s city.
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It was three states away.
And the scheduled closing date was in eleven days.
