Chapter 190 - Back home (3) (2/2)
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When JoAnna left, Sarah sat at her PC, and Aiden took his laptop.
Aiden took the lead. ”Let's make a list. Social media, newspaper articles, police reports, bank accounts, employment records, student records, investments, partners...”
They started searching for the information. Eve was looking into large areas such as social media and newspapers. Sarah and Aiden stayed up until late that night.
”Huh... this guy seems clean.” Sarah sulked. ”Even his bank accounts look normal.”
”Did you check all of them?” Aiden asked while not moving his gaze from the screen of his laptop.
”Yes. I did.” Sarah confirmed.
She heard Aiden ask, ”Even the offshore ones?”
She was a bit embarrassed. ”Huh? I didn't check those... maybe pain medications are making me forgetful.” Sarah awkwardly smiled. She is not sure how she forgot to check offshore accounts, and she refused to admit that she just forgot. But how did he know that she didn't check those? 'Is he watching what I'm doing?' She was upset and impressed at the same time.
Not long after, Sarah beamed. ”I think I found something!”
Aiden's stopped what he was doing and moved closer to see her screen. ”What am I looking at?”
”This offshore account. It's not even reported in tax returns, so I checked it first. Look, very large deposits here, and here, and here... ” She was pointing at the screen. ”There was three of those last year, and four previous one. This is not part of his investments, and definitely not a salary... and look at these two withdrawals. Did he buy a jet? Or three?”
”You think he accepts payments under the table?” Aiden asked.
Sarah nodded while thinking. ”I will check from where those deposits came, and if anything important happened at FMC at that time.” Sarah's lips curved into a smile as her fingers went back to the keyboard. ”Find out where money went when he did those large withdrawals.” Sarah was thrilled because she found something useful for her sister while doing the thing she loves, with a person she loves.
Aiden was smiling and looking at her, without moving. He enjoyed seeing her happy.
Sarah's fingers stopped moving and she turned toward him. ”What?”
He caressed her cheek. ”I haven't seen you this excited for a while.”
”Oh... ” She shyly smiled, blushing a little. Sarah turned her head back toward the screen and her fingers resumed their movements.
Even after all this time, when their eyes meet and he charms her with his smile, her heart starts racing... just like when they met. Sarah hopes that this feeling does not go away, ever.