"Zane, HQ just notified us that a victim died in the explosion," his assistant said. "They need you to issue a public apology."
Zane stiffened. "When did this happen? There was no new mission briefing. Who is this victim?"
His assistant pulled up the victim's file, and Yara suddenly appeared. "I see now. Serena, you are absolutely vicious," she said. "You would really fake a case and sacrifice your own daughter just to sabotage my award? How despicable."
She shot me a look of fake worry, pretending to care about my child. Hearing this, Zane's last shred of doubt vanished, and he glared daggers at me. "Serena, you actually filed a false report? I thought you loved your daughter. You would rather fight for my attention than protect her life?"
With that, he overturned the urn again. The a
