The first alert reached Caro's phone at 8:17 in the morning.
She had barely stepped out of the elevator when the screen lit up with a news headline from a business channel she did not follow. For one second, she only saw Peter's name. Then the rest of the words sharpened beneath it, cruel and deliberate.
LAWSON HOLDINGS CEO ACCUSED OF HIDING PERSONAL CONNECTION TO EMPLOYEE LINKED TO PAST FINANCIAL SCANDAL.
Caro stopped in the middle of the executive corridor. Around her, people were arriving with coffee cups and tablets, speaking in low voices that became quieter when they noticed her. No one had to say anything. Their eyes said enough.
They had seen it too.
