Chapter 92

Chloe’s POV

My phone vibrated just as I stepped out of the ward.

I glanced at the screen, half-expecting another message from the board or some new problem waiting to unfold. Instead, I saw Mia’s name.

My heart skipped.

I moved toward the quieter end of the hallway, stopping near a window where the noise softened into a dull hum. I answered immediately.

“Talk to me,” I said.

Her voice came through low and controlled, the way it always did when she had something real. “I found another lead.”

My grip tightened on the phone. “Another one how?”

“Financial,” she replied. “And it doesn’t point to you. Not even remotely.”

I closed my eyes briefly, relief and tension crashing into each other. “Go on.”

“The transactions you’re being accused of,” she continued, “they were routed through a secondary authorization layer. Not standard. Someone altered the audit trail.”

My pulse quickened. “Who had access?”

“That’s the