When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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Winston pressed play, and the recording began.

“Do you think Mrs. Jiver would sign all those famous authors for no reason? She wouldn’t just hand out free money unless there was something to gain…

“With those rights in hand, she can repackage them and make easy money… She doesn’t need to notify them… she pockets all the cash…”

The more Edith listened, the darker her expression grew. She recognized the voice immediately; her own staff!

it was

“Backstabbing dogs!” she hissed while grinding her teeth. “Where did this recording come from?” Winston replied, “The victim’s daughter provided it. These two employees have agreed to testify and supply key evidence, so… this puts you in a very difficult position.”

Edith had thought Mindy would, at most, accuse her of assault. After all, Edith hadn’t actually pushed her, so at worst, she’d be charged with property damage and might need to pay a fine.

But this… Mindy was suing her for copyright infringement?

I invested in her, she turns and bites me!

honest answer. Did you or did you not secretly exploit the authors’ derivative rights, selling them without informing

eyes flickered. “I followed

answer–yes or no. I need the truth if I’m going to help

bit her lip, and finally, she nodded under his intense

Winston was still shocked. “Where’d

shouldn’t I control their work? I’m not running a charity, I need

exploited their older works, the ones with

These authors can barely produce anything new, and even if they do, who says it I

apologies–whatever it takes. There’s no point in dragging this to court-” “Why should I?” Edith cut him off. “I’m

what you’re saying? If you lose in court,

her in court, and we’ll see

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even

had refused to settle, she wasn’t surprised. If Edith was the type to back down easily, she wouldn’t