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Mat Putnam is a vandal.
Ava stared at the subject line of an email Jaime sent her the next morning. She read it again, allowing the irritation to set in fully. Was Jaime so desperate to badmouth Mat that he’d accuse him of vandalism even after he had left the company?
She opened the email and saw that Judith had been CC’d.
Ava and Judith,
New information has emerged about the Vision Tower blueprint prank from several months ago. I think we should meet.
Yours,
Jaime
Ava couldn’t even pretend to drum up concern. Mat had been with her that day, sneaking around in the printer room. Her body tightened at the memory of his hand pressed against her. An S-Chat message from Judith disrupted the memory.
Jaime, Ava, please come to my office.
Ava watched, annoyed, as Jaime stood from his
