It was evening. Emily’s mother’s modest apartment was dimly lit, the curtains drawn tightly shut. A faint hum of the TV murmured from the living room, where the news was playing—but the volume was muted. Emily sat at the kitchen table, hunched over her phone. She was dressed in an oversized hoodie, dark circles under her eyes, her usually polished appearance dulled by exhaustion and grief.
Her fingers scroll through a news article, her heart thudding louder with every sentence.
“Insider Fraud? Emily Lawford, former acquisition's consultant for the prestigious Gem Group, allegedly vouched for fake businessman Raymond Artair in the now-infamous 500-million-dollar land scam that has shaken the corporate world."
“Sources say Lawford and Artair were close personally. Was this a case of blind
