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“She’s just jealous that Yvonne is more talented, so she’s trying to drive a wedge between you. Don’t fall for it!” Renee sneered, eager for any chance to humiliate Tracy. Seeing Tracy act so superior always made her
skin crawl.
Chase was pushed to his breaking point. He lunged at Tracy again, his hand raised. “Tracy, I never did anything to hurt you. Why the hell would you try to kill me? No matter how much you hate me, you don’t do something like that! What do you gain from me being dead?”
He’d almost let her get inside his head. He’d almost doubted Yvonne because of her smooth talking. Tracy was a curse; everywhere she went, disaster followed without fail. He had been too soft on her, and that’s why she’d been able to hurt him.
Before his hand could land, Sam caught his wrist. “You don’t even know the facts and you’re ready to hit your sister? You’re a pathetic excuse for a brother. Think about it, your cameras just happened to fail at the exact moment you were attacked? If Tracy did it, how would she even know how to bypass your security system?”
The implication was heavy. Tracy rarely visited. The only people who knew that house well enough to scrub the footage were Yvonne and her mother. Jared wouldn’t hurt his own brother, leaving only one logical culprit.
Yvonne’s face drained of color. She quickly forced out more tears. “I don’t know why the cameras failed! I called a technician, but the data was gone. You’re her friend, of course you’d take her side. But I was there. We walked in and saw Tracy hitting Chase before we could even move to stop her.”
She knew that without the footage, it was her word against Tracy’s. As long as she didn’t break, they couldn’t touch her.
“Oh, really?” Sam raised an eyebrow. “I seem to remember that on the night of the attack, Tracy was being held by kidnappers. So, tell me, how did she manage to be in two places at once? You can lie all you want, but you’re going to pay for what you’ve done.”
Knowing that Yvonne was likely behind the kidnapping only made Sam’s blood boil. She’d already found a scapegoat for that crime by sending her own cousin to prison. This woman would sacrifice anyone for her own gain.
The logic hit Chase like a physical blow. His head began to throb with a blinding pain, and the way he looked at Yvonne shifted instantly. Before the press conference could even start, the stress became too much. Chase collapsed and had to be rushed back to the hospital in a state of chaos.
The launch went ahead regardless. Yvonne stood on the stage, confidently breaking down the core technology of the new project.
As Tracy listened, her expression darkened. This wasn’t inspiration, it was a blatant, line-for-line theft of their work.
Waylon arrived late, but as soon as he saw the slides, his face went grim. He had a copy of Tracy’s original work sitting on his desk. He couldn’t believe the audacity. Yvonne was standing there presenting stolen
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While they had tacked on a few original ideas at the end, it was clearly plagiarism. The conclusion of the presentation felt rushed and sloppy, proving they didn’t have the talent to finish what they had stolen.
The audience began to whisper, and soon the questions started flying.
“The beginning of this project is brilliant, but why is the conclusion so disjointed?” one investor asked.
“Exactly. Your marketing only focused on the early stages. Why is the latter half so weak?”
“We need a real explanation. Did you swap lead engineers halfway through or something?”
“We put a lot of money into this. You can’t expect us to accept a half-finished product!”
Faced with the mounting pressure, Yvonne gave a practiced, hollow response to settle the crowd.
“Everyone, please, stay calm,” she said, her voice projecting confidence. “This project has already been vetted and approved by Waylon himself. We aren’t going to lose you any money. In fact, I’ve already received confirmation from Waylon’s office to sign the official contract this
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