“Let’s talk about how we are going resolve this,” Ashton said sharply. He then threw his documents on the table.

The table fell silent at once, and all eyes were on me.

I was unnerved but spoke slowly and confidently, “The project still has to continue no matter what. As for the theft, we will conduct an internal investigation. It is too big of a coincidence for both the surveillance and equipment to malfunction at the same time.”

Joseph frowned. “We’ve investigated everybody at the base. They’re all clean.”

“Isn’t that the biggest suspicion?” I protested. “How is it possible for everybody to claim an alibi at the same time?”

“I will communicate your concerns to the police,” Joseph said after a pause.

 

“So we’re back to where we started. There’s no way to proceed with our investigation.” Rachel laughed derisively. “We are always-”

A knock on the door of the conference room interrupted Rachel.

 

Joseph got up and opened the door. Leedon was on the other side.

“Ms. Stovall,” he said in a panic. “The lady with you earlier is a friend of yours, is she not? Something’s happened to her. Could you come and have a look?”

Nora?

I rose hurriedly. “Mr. Fuller, Mr. Murphy, please excuse me.”

Armond got to his feet as well. After a mumbled explanation to the rest of them, he came out of the room with me.

who looked like

the lady fell into one of the holes dug into the ground when she was on

they’d dug aren’t that deep,” I asked

There is no parking lot over here; it would have been a waste to use a plot of land as parking spots. We’ve decided to have an underground parking

the foundation dug must be

brought her up?” I couldn’t help

When I first came, Ms. Oberick appeared unconscious. She might have been

on foot. I jogged along with Leedon leading the way to the site where

some trepidation in my heart,

equipment to treat Nora, who was being lifted out at

to her? Where is she

her brain, but we can’t be sure without tests from

placed on it. They carried her swiftly

the crowd as I glanced down to where Nora fell. It wasn’t very

pears that were squashed. Those would

here by herself? An ordinary woman would cringe at the amount of mud around the site and would rather die than soil their footwear. Why did she come

carrying Nora away. Soon after that, Ashton and the rest came

you looking at?” Ashton asked me as

ran all

to be asking her that,” Ashton answered,

We got into the car and followed the ambulance

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