One transfer appeared.
Then another.
The missing money had been sent directly into a secret account.
Under Daniel’s name.
His whole family went silent.
Daniel’s mother let go of my hair.
Her hand fell to her side.
I looked straight at him.
I held his gaze.
“Tell them.”
He swallowed with difficulty.
For a moment, he didn’t answer.
His mother whispered something I couldn’t hear.
He glanced at her.
Then at me.
Then at the screen.
“Tell them,” I repeated.
He lowered his eyes.
