When the police burst into the office with guns drawn, Valentina was still cleaning up the scene.
Before she could destroy any evidence, she was caught red‑handed by the officers who had broken in.
In the interrogation room, faced with the police's relentless questioning, Valentina was thrown into a panic.
To mitigate her guilt, she had no choice but to cooperate fully with the police and lay bare her little schemes.
It was this cooperation that led to her temporary release.
But even so, the news of Elio's death still spelled considerable trouble for Valentina.
The already precarious company, after Elio's death, completely lost its only backbone.
To absolve themselves of responsibility, the company's liquidation team immediately launched an accountability review.
They traced every
