Sofia was offered the position at HealthPlus Pharmaceuticals within four days. The timing was almost suspiciously perfect, which should have raised concerns but which she chose to ignore. She was hired as a strategy analyst in the finance division, giving her exactly the access she needed to gather intelligence about the company's operations.
Her father acted surprised about her sudden job change, but Sofia could see that he was not actually surprised, that he and Raymond had likely orchestrated this timing deliberately. Still, she appreciated the appearance of normalcy. It made it easier for her to maintain the fiction that this was a normal career move.
She started work at HealthPlus on a Monday morning, arriving at a gleaming corporate headquarters that was significantly more impressi
