Chapter 17 - Miranda’s Signature
Priya returned to the $240,000 payment Miranda approved after Lillian died.
Miranda kept staring at her electronic signature.
“I did that.”
“You approved a batch.”
“I did that.”
“Yes.”
She wanted Priya to rescue her.
Priya did not.
Miranda asked:
“Am I responsible?”
“For Mrs. Dalton creating a false invoice?”
“No.”
“For not reviewing?”
“That depends what kind of responsibility you mean.”
Miranda waited.
“Legal liability is one question. Governance failure is another.”
There.
Miranda changed household procedures.
No batch approval over $25,000 without invoice-level review.
Independent accountant.
No vendor created by household staff without disclosure.
Annual audit.
May you like
Not because she wanted a fortress.
Because she wanted normal mistakes caught before they became family history.
