Chapter 50

Just then, Farah Steele walked over, glanced briefly at Grace with unmasked contempt, and said, “Honestly, Claire, why are you talking to her?” Before Claire could reply, she went on, “This woman has been to jail! She’s taken a woman’s life!”

“Farah, we’re all colleagues. And there are privacy issues to

consider-”

“It isn’t ‘private’ if it’s all over the internet.”

She had a point.

“Why are you defending her, Claire? Grace went to jail for drunken, reckless driving. She killed someone!”

“That’s not fair, Farrah. People make mistakes, accidents happen

Claire had barely started speaking when Farah interrupted her

again. “But the person she killed was Jennifer Atkinson. Do you know who Jennifer Atkinson is? She’s Lily Atkinson’s sister! It was no coincidence that Lily was here. I was wondering why Lily wanted so many of our colleagues to look for a non-existent ring. But it’s all clear now! It was because she was targeting Grace and we all got dragged into it.”

“But didn’t she also apologize and compensate us?” Claire asked. “Farrah, that compensation is half of what many of us make in a

year.”

Farah sputtered. Her mouth turned down and her eyes narrowed. She was clearly not pleased with Claire standing up for Grace.

“I knew you would take her side,” she said. “When I told the

others…”

So it was obvious who had been the one to leak the news of

Grace’s imprisonment. No surprise there. Farrah had never made

any false show of being friendly with Grace.

it…when I saw her on the roadside talking

a second, this isn’t

were not as they seemed.” She

live with yourself. You should’ve stayed in prison. It’s what you

Claire argued. “That’s enough of that talk. This

your business, Farrah. You can’t go harassing another

employee-”

a bribe from Grace or

her, but Claire also took a step back. She had, indeed, accepted

Lily.

to defend herself, but someone

her to

to say?” A man’s voice interrupted. “The car

that it was

interested in Chase, but he wouldn’t give her the time of day. The fact that he was defending Grace

expression turned uglier. “Chase, what’s the

up for Grace? Do you think she’ll

her ex-boyfriend is Sean Stevens? He’s the heir to

Stevens Corporation!”

face abruptly flushed

assault. “But when

probably spoiled his appetite.” She clicked her tongue and continued, “You know, I’m thinking he’ll probably vomit in disgust when he thinks about dating Grace in

at Farah coldly. “Are

that you were in jail or are you saying that you aren’t Sean’s ex-girlfriend?” Farah retorted proudly. “Why are you pretending to be

I may be a sanitation worker now but does that mean I can’t have dated anyone before? Or is the role of a sanitation worker only to

sanitation workers?”

and eyed the room warily. She’d offended many of the people here by bringing the sanitation

of questions. “Farah

an established employee in a management position, that does not mean you can look down

profession.”

words stuck in her throat as some of

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