~SARA~
“So let me get this straight,” Sandra says on the other end of the line. “You’re on the news for all the wrong reasons. It’s alleged that you planned to siphon half of the money budgeted for a project—a project worth millions contracted to our agency. The board suspended you based on this, and you believe all of it was orchestrated by the admin director on your team?”
I fall onto the bed, exhaling sharply. I was back home at the Fords’ mansion. Sir Alex Sr. had made it clear that I should vacate my apartment since it was swarming with the press.
“Yes, Sandra,” I say. “You should have seen the smirk on her face when our eyes met. She practically taunted me, like she was saying she got me good.”
Sandra sighs. I picture her pinching the bridge of her nose like she does when she’s f
