Fortune's Folly
what I had to do. Confronting him wouldn't be easy, but it was
gation, but first, I needed to face Marcus. I called him int
demeanor in place. "You w
a seat." I gestured to the
at me with concern. "
arcus, I need to ask you something, and I
lotte. You know
sturbing information. Emails that suggest you've been working wi
so it seemed. "What? That's ridiculous!
s, but the evidence is damning. These emails detail a plan to under
know anything about this. So
Who else would have access
but I promise you, it's not me. I've bee
emails. Explain why y
those emails, but I assure you, Charlotte,
ignore. "Marcus, if you're not involved, then help me
r it takes to pro
enial had been convincing, but the emails were real. Someone wa
n. We sat in a quiet corner of the same
cus?" she asked, her ey
nely shocked by the allegations, but
dden deeper than we expect
uzzed. She glanced at it and frowned. It's from my
u for your help, Isab
ver our conversation, trying to piece together the puzzle. I nee
of problems. Olivia Moore, his assistant, had been
," he c
Mr. Ste
r and sit down
s this
ently. "I need to know where your loyalties lie, Oli
course, I'm with you, Mr. Sterli
n acting differently. And I
t loyal to you. If there's something you're c
on. "I hope for your sake that's true. Because if I find out
er composure. "Understood
t will b
ed with suspicion. He couldn't afford any weak
ouring over more documents wh
e found something," he
t is
s. It's an email thread that didn't show up in the initial
emails. My blood ran cold as
ing over me. "She works for Alexander
ut it's clear she's been playing bo
eant that Alexander's plan was even more intricate than I had rea
dangerous, and if she knows we're on
gather more evidence b
higher than ever, and the lines between frie
ve the office, my phone buzzed wit
red something huge. Mee
on and dread. What more could th
re, looking more serious
t is
s been working with Marcus, but there's more. They're part
ormation. This was bigger than I had imagined. There were connections
t w
behind
's someone within your own famil
han I'd thought, and the im
ho
d with a mixture of pity and determin
eling with shock and disbelief. My own mother, involved i
ed that this battle was far from over. And the