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.

knew it…when I saw her on the roadside talking to Sean

for a

not as they seemed.” She stared at Grace.

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

“That’s enough

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

employee-”

what, did your receive a bribe from Grace or something? Why are you standing up for her?”

took a step back. She had, indeed, accepted the jacket and

Lily.

opened her mouth, ready to defend herself, but someone

her to it.

A man’s voice interrupted. “The car crash was an accident.

saw that it was Chase

time of day. The fact

turned uglier. “Chase, what’s the

Grace? Do you think she’ll like you? Do you

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

Stevens Corporation!”

face abruptly

vicious assault. “But when

“You know, I’m thinking he’ll probably vomit in disgust when he thinks about dating

at Farah coldly. “Are you done

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

be a sanitation worker now but does that mean I can’t have dated anyone before? Or is

sanitation workers?”

warily. She’d offended many of the

a succession of questions.

position, that does not mean you can

profession.”

as some of the

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