During the divorce, Dad had examined Colin’s financial disclosure and noticed something suspicious. Colin had managed Brennan Freight’s finances for nine years, yet his declared assets looked strangely small. Dad contacted Helen Okafor, his former partner in the provincial fraud unit, and they quietly began investigating.”

Their search uncovered Northgate Supply, a company I’d never heard of. For three years, it had billed Brennan Freight for fuel surcharges and equipment servicing that apparently never happened. Colin personally approved the invoices. Dad totaled the payments: $1.85 million. Money had been leaving my company in small amounts and flowing into accounts Colin had sworn didn’t exist. Even worse, shortly after our divorce became final, someone tried my old PIN at three ATMs and an emergency credit line. Every attempt failed because I’d changed the numbers minutes earlier. “He wasn’t just celebrating tonight,” Dad said. “He was trying to empty the last drawer before you noticed it was open.”