Chapter 21

25th of June 1996.

Attention MCH Department: Approval for MCH Transfer.

Regarding: Malfoy, LLC. Investment.

Authorization for: Magical withdrawal from Account: 062954525.9

Amount to be withdrawn: 10 Gallons

Depositor Information:

Bank : Bulgaria Wizarding Bank, BWB

Account: F1025967.456

Authorization for Withdrawal: Beatrice Wolf

MCH Approval: 25th of June 1996

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I could hardly breathe, my heart pounding as my hand shook over the parchment. I couldn't believe our luck! Proof of the money laundering and a signature as proof of it. Damn. Working quickly I sent Draco and Blaise owls telling them to be in my office there in 10 minutes as I continued to make a few copies of the stack that showed each testing figure that matches up with the amounts I found originally. I had another note flying out my door to Claire; stating to have the Malfoy files for account 062954525.9 be sent to my office there. I did not need this to be lying around my office here at Gringotts. Merlins knows what Grootpan would do to me if he knew what I was actually doing for the company.

Five minutes later I was shutting my office door and trying to hurry to the floo and I began to bite at my lower lip in nervousness. How dangerous is Beatrice Wolf? Should I have asked Harry to look into those people for me instead of letting it remain secret as we just observed them? Would anyone get notified that I just pulled these files? Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Groaning I stepped out of the floo and was met with the familiar face of Kerry.

"Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Zabini are both awaiting you in their office."

"Thanks!" I yell to her, jogging down the hall not wanting to waste a moment longer than needed. My door was wide open as I approached and I could see both of them pacing, nervously.

"What did you find?!" Draco blurted out the second I stepped in the room.

"Wait a moment!" I urge, shutting the door, casting a silencing spell on the room and throwing in a anti-hearing charm to make sure the room wasn't bugged, "Beatrice Wolf. She signed off on the authorization to pull money from your investment account."

Draco's faces went from furrowed eyebrows, into creases of concern around his eyes. His eyes slightly bugling at the name and a scowl set on his face. Blaise's mouth was open in shock, his forehead wrinkling as he processed the information. I continued to dump my bag on the desk, pulling out all the evidence I had copied.

"It's the same account number we gathered and even the amount matches the first withdrawal. I didn't realize that your employees in the investment group had the capability of authorizing transfers?" I ask quickly glancing back at Draco for an answer.

"Only the top are allowed the capability and it's only supposed to be when they've been given authorization by myself or Blaise." He remarked his scowl deepening.

I nodded thoughtfully as he let out a string of curse words, "Did you get a chance to get the update on the surveillance on those couple people including Wolf?"

He sighed, echoing his frustrations. "I was about to get the updates on two of them before you sent your message. Of course the one I haven't gotten to yet is Wolf."

"Who has the their profile report?"

"Carter, head of security." He replied, rubbing his neck

"Get a message to him to have that sent up to us. In the meantime Blaise where are you with the company notes?"

"Not much to say, there was an unplanned meeting that Lucious went to, canceling everything else. That was on-" riffling through parchments, "June 10".

"Why are we evening going over this? We should be having security detain Wolf?!" Draco piped in as his note to Carter flew off.

"We will, I'm just buying time. Claire is going to be sending me copies of that account. It should give us the name of whos account the money is going into. What if it's another person here at the office?" I counter trying to keep him from bolting out the door and hexing Wolf.

"If we go down there wands drawn and make a huge scene and someone else here is involved their going to apparate on the spot."

"Stealth." Blaise adds, "We could have the manager on the floor bring Wolf into their office and we'll apparate her to a room to detain her in."

"Brilliant!" I nod in approval.

Discreet and no one would bat an eye and it gives us more time to get the files from Claire. Just as long as Draco can keep his cool. I glaced over to him, pacing about as he was internally going over whether he could stick to the plan or do whatever he felt like.

"Alright, fine."

"Great!"

It was long before Carter had the files sent to us. Digging through we found that Penelope Peterson was harmless. Always arrives to work on time, no issues with co workers. Adding that while she wasn't of fan of some of the things the Company does, it was a well know rumor that she wouldn't quit or make issues because of how well she was paid and the benefits she received. Matthew Nealson was almost identical to Peterson's reviews, where he was just a talker and would never act on it.

Blaise just sat there, trying to impose the idea that he didn't seem stressed at the moment. However, if you looked closer you would notice his eyes would crease whenqever he locked onto the authorization sheet. There in those seconds you could notice he's slightly tapping his foot, each movement, hes unconsciously trying to rid himself of his nerves.

When a tap came to the window I found Claires owl waiting expectantly, scroll dangling from string attached to its leg. Draco jumped up, chair tipping in one fluid motion as he went to the owl. I shared a look with Blaise as we waited for Draco to undo the scroll. I signaled for the bird, to feed him a treat for the service as he went back to Claire.

"It says that account 062954525.9 is the only account that had a form for removal of funds." Draco began pulling the scroll farther down, "Claire notated that it also didn't have anything for change of account for the withdrawal."

"Damn." Blaise whistles.

"Now what?" I remark, slightly dumbfounded on how to proceed. "Should we call the Ministry, do we question her?"

"We won't contact the Ministry. Let's have the floor manager bring her to their office, where we'll have security waiting to side-apparate with her to a room where we can keep an eye on her."

Scratching my head slightly, "Why don't we want to contact the Ministry?"

"I want to see what I can find out first."

"It's probably best this way." Blaise interjects, "If the Ministry gets involved than they might not cooperate or the Ministry ends up having to let them go and they'll take that moment to disappear."

"If you say so. You know it would only take a moment for me to contact Harry."

"Potter doesn't need to get involved yet." Draco remarked, his quill scratching away, "Blaise find out from Kerry all that the investment floor has authority for and what we have for fail safes. I want to start the process of making sure this doesn't happen in the future."

"I'm on it."

Blaise left the room a moment later, "Can you go back to Gringotts and find out on your end the same thing. I want to be thorough and I don't know if someone on the Board was involved in this somehow and they were trying to make sure I didn't find out about it." Draco remarked sighing as he watched the note zoom out the door.

"Sure I can take a look into it and see what you can do for modifications on security and clearance with the accounts. It would be something I would be looking into anyway if you're serious about keeping me on as your investment handler after we get to the bottom this stuff." I remark with a smile, coming over to him.

"I was serious about that." Draco remarked pulling me into him, " I don't think I would be able to let you leave after all your help in this."

Laughing slighting I joked, "I guess maybe you'll be stuck with me then."

"Hm. I wouldn't mind it at all." He murmurs, nails running down my back, dipping me slightly as he captures me in a kiss.