let them believe you did it.
I told myself it bought me time.
It didn’t.
I am going to tell Victoria and Alessandro.
I also need to correct your suspension and back pay.
You have every reason not to trust me.
I am asking for forty-eight hours.
If I lose my nerve, show Elena the file.
She deserves to know why you were really fired.
I stared at that sentence.
Why Elena?
Priya pointed to the attachment.
Another note.
Marco had apparently met me once.
I did not remember.
Then I did.
A company holiday dinner.
David took me.
Marco shook my hand for maybe ten seconds.
That was all.
His note to David explained:
