Investigators made no promises.
Then Ryan was interviewed.
He denied hitting my car.
He admitted driving Daniel’s pickup that night.
He claimed he left because he had been drinking and panicked.
He denied taking USB drive.
Daniel insisted he had.
One brother was lying.
Maybe both.
Then Maya asked me a question.
“What were you doing at Redstone before crash?”
“I was senior procurement analyst.”
“Anything unusual?”
I thought.
“An audit.”
“What kind?”
“Vendor pricing.”
“Tell me.”
Redstone Construction was not just my employer.
It was regional contractor with public and private projects.
I reviewed material purchases.
In months before crash, I noticed certain invoices were consistently
higher than approved bids.
A vendor named Summit Aggregate Services appeared repeatedly.
The differences were small enough to hide in large projects.
But repeated.
I had started comparing purchase orders.
Then I found duplicate billing codes.
I reported concerns to supervisor, Paul Keating.
