At Zack's home, Tommy was sitting at the dining table counting the bills. After he finished, he put his own share of one hundred dollars back into his wallet.
The remaining change totaled only a little more than four hundred dollars. Tommy recorded each donor's name and the amount of their contribution meticulously in a notebook, and only after confirming the accounts were correct did he lift his head and stretched his neck.
Such donations required maintaining a ledger for the campaign committee to audit and investigate, ensuring that every cent was used for the candidate's campaign expenditures.
Jeff paced anxiously beside him. Seeing Tommy pause, he immediately asked, "Should we go to the police station and bring Martin back? I... You didn't say that by doing as you commanded, Martin would also be taken away by the police, Tommy."
