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 to Sean and

I was like, wait for a second, this isn’t

not as they seemed.” She

should’ve stayed in prison.

argued. “That’s enough of that

of your business, Farrah. You can’t go

employee-”

receive a bribe from Grace or something? Why

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

Lily.

opened her mouth, ready to defend

to it.

voice interrupted. “The car crash was an accident. Grace didn’t intend to

saw that it was

time of day. The fact that he was defending Grace instead of taking Farah’s side, was only instigating the

turned uglier. “Chase, what’s the point

Grace? Do you think

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

Stevens Corporation!”

abruptly flushed

“But when Sean saw

worker that day, it probably spoiled his appetite.” She clicked her tongue and continued, “You know, I’m thinking he’ll probably vomit in disgust when he

Farah coldly. “Are you

you were in jail or are you saying that you aren’t Sean’s

paid my taxes and I’ve served my time. And I don’t think it’s any of your business who I dated before. Furthermore, 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 make someone throw up their dinner? Just

sanitation workers?”

offended many of the people here by bringing the

a succession of questions. “Farah Steele, just

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

profession.”

words stuck in her throat as some

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