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A minute later, he replied: 

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*Do you really have to take it this far?* 

I typed back one line. 

*Ten a.m. Be one minute late, and the re-licensing of the patents gets delayed by one day.* 

He didn’t answer. 

At 9:50, I arrived at the company. 

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The receptionist saw me and immediately stood. 

“Mrs. Marino.” 

“It’s Ms. Rhodes.” 

Mr. Costello stepped out of the elevator and corrected her. 

Then he held the elevator door for me. 

Everyone in the lobby heard him. 

I walked into the large conference room. 

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The same one where Francesca had slapped me. 

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The two department managers who had stared at the table that day were there. 

This time, they looked at me. 

Ten o’clock sharp. 

Marco pushed open the door and walked in. 

He wore no tie, and there were dark circles under his eyes. 

He stopped for a second when he saw me sitting at the head of 

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the table. 

“Start.” 

I pushed the agreement toward him. 

Marco remained standing. 

There were more than eighty people in the room. 

No one spoke. 

He stood there for what felt like a full minute. 

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Finally, he spoke. 

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“The day before yesterday, in this room, Francesca hit Astrid.” 

“It wasn’t just her,” I corrected him. 

“You had your bodyguards hold me down.” 

Marco’s jaw tightened. 

“Yes.” 

“I had the bodyguards hold her.” 

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“When Francesca hit her, I didn’t stop it.” 

“leven… I laughed.” 

The last words were quiet. 

But the room was so silent that everyone heard them. 

Just then, the door was pushed open from the outside. 

Francesca stood in the doorway, clutching her resignation 

acknowledgment. 

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“I do not agree to resign.” 

Her eyes were fixed on me. 

“I was forced to sign that yesterday.” 

I turned my laptop toward the projector. 

“Perfect.” 

“Since you’re here, we can clear up what happened three years 

ago, too.” 

The screen lit up. 

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The first page of the investigation report appeared before 

everyone. 

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