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“I’m not sure. They only asked me to write down my interactions with Dirk and Thomas.”
“You know you’re in the right? You did the job they asked you to do.”
I leaned against him as I looked down at the dispersing crowd in Times Square. “I was hired to clean up that place.”
“Are you worried?”
“That I’ll lose my job?”
“Are you?”
“I try not to think about it. Sometimes attorneys have a way of twisting things. I’m counting on Charge Media to make sure that doesn’t happen. Dirk was plenty mad when I terminated him. I had to defend myself.”
“I think you’ll be alright.”
Marc kissed me on the crown of my head, but I couldn’t help wondering if I would be alright.
The case against Charge turned into a circus. When I got back from the holidays, and just before I left for vacation, Charles called me into his office. He had a grim look on his face when I entered.
“What’s up?”
“Take a seat. It seems that the attorneys for Mr. Benson interviewed some former employees of yours at Tailwind. Apparently, they’re trying to paint a picture of your heavy-handed tactics to keep your staff in control.”
I put my face in my hand. “Charles, I did what I needed to do to get the company together. Spotlight acquired them when management was a mess. I was sent to New York to handle it and clean it up. I did that. If my techniques seem heavy handed then, too bad. It’s the way I work.”
“It’s not just those that you fired. It’s also people who still work there. Many of them didn’t have glowing things to say about you.”
“I wouldn’t expect they did. I had to be hard to be CEO for one of the largest production companies in the world. Now I’m being chastised for it? If it was a man, would it be the same?”
Charles’ chair creaked as he leaned back. “I’m not saying it was wrong. I’m just saying it makes our case weaker. It shows a pattern, especially since several of the men interviewed called you a few choice words.”
I cleared my throat. “You mean bitch?”
“I wasn’t going to repeat it, but yes.”
“They’re just interviewing men?”
“It goes along the defense they’re using. That you hate men.”
“Is my job in jeopardy?”
“I doubt it, but anything can happen. Go on vacation and relax. I think you need a break after everything you’ve been dealing with the past few weeks.”
“I leave in three days.”
“I don’t want you to worry about this; it’s all preliminary.”
“I’ll try not to.”
I was unsettled for the rest of the day and angry at some of the women in the office who would want to cover up Dirk’s misdeeds. I hesitated to speak with Diane since it might work against me if she was called into court. I would have to lay low and try to enjoy my vacation.
“Miss Stone, so nice to have you back.”
Anaan was taking me to my villa at Gili Lankanfushi. The long flight took more out of me than the last time I flew. I couldn’t sleep because the man across from me snored loudly most of the trip. When I tried to wake him, it was impossible, making me believe he popped a sleeping pill before we took off.
We walked into my villa. “Thank you, Anaan.”
Anaan stood with his hand clasped in front of him. “Do you need me to show you around?”
