A sudden grin shaped his mouth when he read the latest monthly distribution output report. There it was. The investigators had pulled the case from active scrutiny and placed it on pending further information status. That meant they didn’t have squat on what had really happened and planned to move on to more active files. Just exactly what Justin had been waiting to happen. Finally, his long wait for the payoff on the recent scam he’d expertly engineered was over. It had been a long six months, but worth every moment. The money, held secretly in a dummy account, would be safely wired within the week to his offshore accounts and he could finally retire to a more tropical locale where issues with extradition weren’t a worry. He made a mental note to contact his coconspirator. With this news, Veronica’s life would also change dramatically. He smiled in memory of her beauty. Wouldn’t she be surprised to finally get out of the dismal low class life she lived and on to a different one all together?
