JASMINJason handed me the file and sat beside me, his knee brushing against mine as he leaned back on the couch. I opened the folder, flipping past the executive summaries and glossy pie charts meant to distract from the details. It didn’t take long. A sinking feeling hit my stomach before I could even name it. The numbers looked off. Too off. At first glance, the company seemed healthy profitable even. But when I compared the income statement to the cash flow summary, nothing aligned. They reported over two million in net income, but the cash flow showed barely anything in the bank. And the footnotes small, almost dismissive, revealed something worse. They weren’t just optimistic. They were lying. “Jason,” I murmured, not looking up from the document. He turned to me, alert. “What is it?” I flipped a page, my voice low. “There’s something really wrong here. The profit numbers, they don’t match the cash flow. It’s like they’re counting revenue they haven’t received yet, or….m
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