Chapter 639

The phone suddenly rang, cutting off their conversation Cornelia shot a glance at Ben, signaling that he could scram, no need to keep hovering around her desk.

Once Ben took off, Cornelia picked up her phone. The caller was Zack. He knew Comelia usually didn’t carry her personal phone during work hours, so he dialed her office

line

Cornelia picked up, she heard Zack’s voice. “Cornelia, the cops just called. After some

or a gang thing? Any puppet masters

definitely someone behind the scenes, but the cops can’t

“Two young punks in their twenties did us over, fresh from a stint in the slammer for a bar fight. At first, they were playing hardball, insisting they had some shady dealings with you. They claimed you turned them down that day, and they only went rogue

stranger threw innocent Cornelia under the bus. Zack was fuming when he heard this. He didn’t want to bring it up with Cornelia, fearing it would hit her hard. But he thought, why should Cornelia

you. I want you to

who smear a girl with such dirty tricks will get their comeuppance Carry on”

the hard facts. The cops found not just one fishy money transfer, but a whole string of their misdeeds. With the evidence stacked against them, they spilled the beans, including that Clair was the one who orchestrated the sabotage of

know that Clair’s the puppet master, no

the ten grand they got on gambling. They’re broke, can’t compensate us. Our loss of a

studio had been doing alright recently, all the earnings went towards buying a house and paying the mortgage. They already splurged a good chunk on renovations. The comic copyright sale hadn’t cleared yet, monthly payroll was due soon, and their bank accounts were pretty much

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