He Accused Me Of Stealing But I Heard The Truth Chapter 37
Margaret turned to him. “That agreement protects the company, and it protects the child.”
Derek took the copy from her hands.
He flipped directly to the confidentiality clause, his face darkening with every line he read.
“Withdraw it.”
“You’ve already been suspended. This is no longer your decision.”
“Then I’ll issue a written statement in my own name, declaring that this agreement was not requested by Erin and does not represent her consent to be silenced.”
Margaret caught his arm.
“How much more are you willing to lose?”
Derek looked at her, his voice quiet but sharp.
“When they lost their home, their food, and six years of their lives, did you ask that question then?”
[Don’t look at Erin. This isn’t for her.]
[Do what you have to do. Don’t wait for her to give you an answer.]
He didn’t step into the apartment.
He stood in the doorway and called his lawyer, ordering him to withdraw every confidentiality condition proposed under his personal liability.
The next day, the Weston Group board announced Derek’s permanent removal as chief executive officer.
The statement referred to Rachel as “a single employee acting outside the scope of her duties” and asserted that the corporation had never approved any illegal conduct.
After my lawyer finished reading it to me, she asked if I wanted to continue the civil suit.
I put the six-year-old account records, the restored system logs, and the foundation’s payment-freeze documents back into their box.
“Yes.”
“Against Rachel, and against Weston Group.”
“If they insist this had nothing to do with their company, then they can explain in discovery why one employee was able to use their systems, their authority, and their name to bury a person alive for six years.”
Three days later, Rachel’s defense team filed an old document into the public record.
It carried my electronic signature.
The title read: *Acknowledgment of Receipt of Relocation Funds*.