The next day, the person waiting to corner me was Lorelei.
As dusk fell, Lorelei huddled by the gate of the estate, wearing a cheap coat, her hair a disheveled mess, and her eyes puffy and red from crying. The second she saw me get out of the car, she lunged forward to grab my arm, only to be held back firmly by the security guards.
"Mrs. Redmond! Mrs. Redmond, I'm begging you!" Tears streamed down her entire face as she sobbed, "I have already given back the house and the car! Arthur kicked me out too. I've got nothing left now. Please spare me, don't sue me, I don't want to go to jail..."
I looked down at her. The same woman who had swaggered up to me two weeks prior and smugly told me, "You're fired," was now kneeling on the ground, snot and tears running down her face, looking like
