"I'd met him three times in person, when I'd been over to Seattle for various things. Seemed pleasant enough. Professional. Mostly I work with your colleague, Winston Q."
"Yes, Mr. Q mentioned his contact with you. Do you believe that the embezzlement taking place at Tyler Bonnin was instigated by Anaru Katariki?"
"Is that one of the theories going around?" asks Bonnin.
"It is, yes. What do you think?"
He doesn't answer right away. At last, he says, "It's possible. The final time I met Mr. Katariki, we ate lunch together, and he mentioned that he found his CEO position…." He trails off. "Sorry, I'm trying to remember what he said." Another pause, and then Bonnin says, "That was it: 'Sometimes this job is perilous, and precarious. I think I should set up some sort of emergency trapdoor option—a financial escape route.'"
"Maybe he was hoping for your cooperation on this," you say.
"Maybe. If he was, I didn't realize it at the time."