My initial investigation into the financial health of Longroad Logistics revealed a glaring contradiction that made my blood boil. On paper, the company appeared to be struggling, with profit margins as thin as a razor's edge. This was the convenient narrative that management—specifically Lucas Park—used to justify a stagnant wage structure. The hardworking laborers, men who spent their days shifting thousands of pounds of freight until their backs were nearly broken, were living on wages that were barely competitive, while the cost of living in the city continued to skyrocket. These workers were trapped in a cycle of resentment, their grumbling a constant low-frequency hum beneath the roar of the diesel engines.
It didn't take long for Chole Blake to deliver the personnel files I had req
