The investigation started with Brielle.
Her problems ran deeper than I'd thought.
Before her appointment was even official, she had used temporary clearance from Aaron to reach out to my clients prematurely, access my team's files, and quietly transfer several of my performance credits to the division she was preparing to take over.
Those procedures should have gone through the board of directors.
But Aaron gave her a direct pass.
The day the notice came down, Cora placed the documents on my desk.
"Ms. Winslow, she's been suspended," she said.
I looked down at it.
In black and white, it was written clearly:
Effective immediately, Brielle was suspended from her duties, pending internal investigation.
I didn't feel much emotion.
It wasn't that I didn't hate her.
It was just that
