My heart pounded so hard I could feel it in my throat. I stared at the email printout in my hands, the one about Site Acquisition 14B with eviction notices approved by Mr. A. Blackwood. This tiny piece of paper felt like dynamite.
"How did this get in the Project Phoenix file?" I whispered to myself, looking around the empty office. "Was it an accident or did someone put it there on purpose?"
I folded the paper carefully and stuffed it deep into my bag, away from nosy people like Miller. His comments from earlier echoed in my head.
"Must be nice having Mr. Blackwood's... special attention.” he'd said with that smirk.
Those words hurt even more now that I was facing the possibility that my success here might be built on the ruins of my family's bakery.
I'd always had small doubts abou
