Chapter 44
The same day, after what I heard from Logan and Anne, I decided to take action. I watched as both Logan and Anne were both detained in the meeting room, watching them as they both got arrested, both were screaming.
A few hours before–
After the both of them described the plan–Failing to realize that someone was also listening–As they laughed together, I quietly made my way back to my office, careful not to let them know that I was even there.
As I slammed the doors behind me, I leaned up against it as my head became lightheaded and my heart was heavy with anger and rage, not just for me, but everyone else, everyone else that they fooled along the way.
Logan looked at me right in the face, and fed me lies, and the worst thing is that, he knew that I trusted him, I trusted him with many things and yet, he decided to play me like a fool.
Stumbling over to my desk, I sat myself down in the chair as I frustratedly tied my hair up, feeling stress and anxiety take over as I began to take in the information I overheard and processing Logan's betrayal.
The questions began as I began questioning everything about that guy, was he in on this all along? How did I trust him and not become suspicious? What is he doing with that insane woman? How come he's doing something now but didn't do anything with the previous launches?
I put my head in my hands as I shook my head, as the sudden thought came to me, Liam.
I've been so wrong about Liam this entire time, he didn't do anything wrong in the first place. I can't believe I let myself make up something that isn't even true to begin with, in the slightest.
And I let Logan put something in my head to fuel my crazy theory about Liam, that is my fault.
But what does Logan have against Liam to do this to him anyways? I thought to myself, was he just a scapegoat for his plan?
My god, I put all this pressure on Liam, just to let him get screwed over by someone I thought I could trust. As I thought about how unfair I was being to Liam, my eyes tear up as the thought and the possibility that Liam may never forgive me.
I mean, I wouldn't forgive myself either, I can't imagine working in this type of environment, where you're being pinned against your boss for some reason.
And if I let Logan fed me those lies even more, and believe the footage he sent me, Liam's life would've been over, at least to him, he would have been sent to jail for something he didn't do, or wasn't even remotely involved in, and the thought of that made me shiver.
My eyes tear up more, and before one tear falls down my face, I quickly wipe my eyes, gathering myself together, as I fully face my desk, scooting up my chair.
I'm going to make this right, I thought to myself, committing myself to stop the two of those lunatics. This is a lesson, and I have to learn from this, I can either pity myself or make myself proud and do what's right.
With that in mind, I started to get to work. There are many things to do and I need to do them now, and one of the first things I did was call in the investigator from earlier.
As he quietly makes his way into my office, he says, "Yes, Ms. Cantrell?"
I ask him, "Can you look into the relationship between Logan and my previous assistant, Anne. I want to know the nature of the both of them"
He smiles, "Of course, anything else ma'am?"
"No–That's all, thank you" I expressed as I waved him off, as I watched him leave, I picked up my work phone, and as I dialed a number, I made arrangements to have another emergency meeting today, hopefully the report comes back the way that will align with my plan correctly.
I know everyone is going to be confused with the meeting I called, considering that we just had one earlier today, with that lunatic of a person interrupting us, of course, but they'll thank me in the end.
As I got off the phone, nervously tapping my foot against the floor, as I was ready to put an end to this nightmare, wanting to expose Logan and Anne for their game.
An hour later, which felt like an entirely but I'm not going to complain, the investigator comes back with a file folder in his hand, handing it to me.
Taking the folder, feeling the thickness of it, he then says, "It was fairly easy to find out this information, but they did a clever job of hiding it on their application when applying to work here"
"Well, it's not so clever to sneak someone into the building with many workers. Thank you though" I replied, giving him the signal that he's done.
As he got the hint, he nodded as he disappeared from my office, slowly closing the door behind him.
The moment he closes the door, I quickly open up the folder, desperately looking for anything that could be used against Logan and Anne. There has be something, anything.
I don't know why I waited until the investigator left, I guess I didn't want to let him see me desperately searching for something and if I came up empty handed, then I would most likely be visibly more stressed out.
But, remembering what the investigator said about "hiding it", I continued searching, the papers going everywhere on my desk, information about both of them, about their lives separately. I continued to search and search until I came upon something, as I held it up in front of me, I smiled.
It all made sense, this singular piece of paper made everything click inside my brain, I found the one thing that will definitely can be used against them and they won't be able to crawl their way out of this one.
I smiled as I realized that, in just time, the emergency meeting is about to happen.
Taking the paper in my hand, I step out of my office as there are some things needed to be done before everyone arrives for the meeting.
*
As I waited for everyone to take their places at the table, I waited at the head of the table as I looked at the mastery in front of me. Each seat has a file folder as it contains the same interesting contents inside.
I just can't wait until Logan himself sees this, as one is right in front of his seat.
As people started taking their places, including Chopard, I could tell that everyone was confused, especially because we had a meeting earlier today, of course. The board of members looked at each other for answers, and Ruby was looking between me and everyone else.
And plus, the tension in the air was thick, as I noticed Logan not saying anything at all, he just came in and took his place, avoiding everyone.
Even adding to the nature of the tension, I still noticed that Chopard hasn't spoken a word to me, he's just there, but I told myself that I can't be bothered with that right now, even with the situation currently unfolding and the risk I'm about to take with this.
But the thought still lingered in the back of my mind.
As everyone was seated, the silence was thick. But finally someone speaks up, pulling me out of my thoughts for the moment, show time, I told myself in my head.
"Ms. Cantrell" One of the older board members says, "May I ask about what the meeting is about? I assume this might be referring to the file" He pauses for a belief moment before, "If so, then you must know–"
I cut him off, smiling happily as I looked around the room, "Actually, it kind of is about the files, I recommend everyone open the folder in front of you"
As soon as I said so, everyone took action as they quickly opened the folder stationed in front of them, and I watched their reactions, including Logan's. Some reactions are stunned, others are curious and the rest are confused by the information that is in front of them.
My smile deepens as I have my own folder in front of me. I opened it, as I looked at the content again, a marriage license. A marriage between Anne and Logan, showed that they were together for three years.
And given how she acted yesterday when she interrupted the meeting, it doesn't look good for Logan at all, in fact, it shows how she most likely got in the building in the first place, she used her husband's keycard to bypass security.
And whilst thinking about it, Logan probably got her the assistant;s job, that's why she was so shit at the job, because she didn't qualify, and most likely got past everything due to her husband's connections.
Everyone looks at Logan as shocked and confusion is written on their face, and they are most likely thinking the same thing as me, and probably asking the same question, Did he have anything to do with her breaking in here?
As Logan is being put on the spot, he sets down the folder after briefly looking at it for a while, he looks around the table as he's left with nothing to say, he scratches his head as if he's trying to come up with anything to say.
But nothing comes out, he strutters as he awkwardly laughs but no one buys it, he's trying to buy time for himself.
Instead of waiting for him to say anything, I step in, questioning him, "It's surprising that you're have been married for three years, not that it's any of my business, anyways–But I do have to have say, barely no one knows this, I bet you didn't even share this with your closest colleagues here"
Looking him straight in the eyes, daring not to break eye contact, I say, "I wonder why it was so secretive from everyone" I scoff, "Maybe because of the person you're married to"
He breaks eye contact as he very quickly looks around, instead of answering, he insteads tries to laugh it off, as he steers the conversation in another direction, as he ask, "I think my marriage is irrelevant to the conversation right now, Ms. Cantrell, don't you think?" He swallows nervously, "Um, how about the launch and the files, we need to worry about that right now, that should be the most important thing right now. Main priority"
As he smiles, it lingers, trying to put up a front that everything is alright and the focus shouldn't be on him.
I glared at him as I thought about all the trouble he put everyone through and yet, he can't even own up to them, or address it.
Noticing that everyone in the room still has confused looks on their face, I know for certain that they don't know what is going on, or what's even happening right now. But they're going to have to trust me on this, they will see the truth soon.
Putting my hands on the desk as I fold one over the other, I drop my glare as I calmly revealed to Logan, "Logan, I have people going through your office"
The moment I revealed that, his smile dropped, that smile turned into a face of shock as he looked directly at me. He now looks visually nervous as he says, "Why–Why would you do that? Are you searching everyone's office? Why mine? I–" As he looks around the room again, this time, it's a look for help, for anyone to say anything to me to back him up.
And of course, Ruby begins saying, "Ms. Cantrell–" But I held my hand up to stop her, she'll thank me later. That little glimpse of hope in Logan's eyes went away as he hoped that Ruby would come to the rescue.
Putting my hand down, I reminded him, "Logan, I don't tolerate mistakes...or traitors"
As soon as I reminded him of that, he abruptly stood out, the chair sliding back as he slammed his palms on the table, as if he was offended by my statement, like he didn't want to admit it.
One, he made the mistake of thinking that I was a fool and thought he and his little wife were going to get away with their poorly structured plan. Even though they had me in the first half, they failed to recognize all possible outcomes. A black and white plan.
And second, he is a traitor, a traitor to me, his colleagues, this company and to himself. And his life is about to be over in a few minutes. I'm hoping.
The others at the table remained silent as they watched Logan stand up, not knowing if they should stop him or keep listening to the conversation. But Logan choses for them.
He snaps back at me, as he points behind me towards Liam, my eyes remain on Logan as he says, "Well, this guy has made many mistakes and yet he's still here. Didn't you hear what I said about him in your office, about the files!"
He's trying to twist the conservation, I thought, he knows that he's being backed into a corner, so he probably thought bringing Liam into the conversation, he was going to buy time for himself or something.
I don't know what though.
I remain seated as I firmly said, "You will only address me from here on out. Chopard is not your concern anymore, do you understand me?"
Taking a step back, Logan looks for anything to say, as he begins, "I–", he continues to stutter, "What–" But he gets interrupted by something.
Perfect timing, security comes in the meeting room as they are dragging someone with them, and that someone is Anne.
I look up and so do everyone else, "Ma'am, we found this women hiding out in the office you asked to get searched"
I took a moment as I was just as stunned as everyone in the room, all I heard was gasp and whisper amongst everyone, the board of members looking between me, Logan and Anne. Ruby covers her mouth, and remains silent as she takes all this in. And behind me, I could hear Liam's breath hinges, due to confusion mostly, I'm assuming.
The woman tries to tug herself out of the security arms, but failing as the grip of the men tighten, not letting her move an inch, she grunts and groans as she sways her head up, managing to get the hair out of her face.
She frantically looks around the room until her eyes land on Logan, and as Logan is stunned by the women emerging from his office, she expresses confusion as she states, "Logan! This isn't part of the plan" She tosses and turns more, "You said Chopard was supposed to be arrested by now! And now these dudes are holding me, what the hell is going on?!"
As she exposes their plan to get rid of Liam, Logan urges her to be silent as he tries to explain himself, but fails miserably.
Anne turns back to look at the security guard as she yells at them that she used to work here, therefore, she has power over them, which makes absolutely no sense.
I stand up from my seat, everyone else looking at me, I gave Logan one last look as I nodded to the security guards, pointing at him and saying, "Detain this individual as well"
His eyes almost pop out of his head as he tries to move away from the hands of security, but he's too slow as he's quickly having his arms behind his back, he yells as he tries to make an escape but fails, just like his plan.
At this point, everyone in the room is standing up, as the board of members move back into a wall, removing themselves from the chaos as they overlook the mess that is being created.
I remain calm and collected as I turn to Ruby, standing next to me, as I instructed, "Ruby, call the police on the both of them" She nodded, grabbing the phone, and dialing the number.
–
Currently, as Logan and Anne are being escorted out of the building, and on the way into the police car, I watch from the lobby as they continue to fight against the officers, no doubt they will receive another charge on top of the ones they are being accused of.
While Anne is crying and throwing herself around, trying to get loose from the hands holding her, even though she's handcuffed behind her back, she's not going anywhere.
Logan is yelling and screaming directly at me, making sure that everyone in the lobby can hear what he has to say. He states over and over again that he's being falsely detained against his will and that he did nothing wrong.
Then he says something that made me laugh, "Just wait, you bitch, I'm going to be suing you, hard" He spits out, making sure to look me in the eye.
I didn't say anything as I laughed out loud, my shoulders shook as it almost brought me to tears, this made Logan even more angry as he probably thinks that I think he's a joke.
Which I do think.
As my laughing dies out, all I could think about is the felony he's about to get, I'm sure the investigators and lawyers can prove that he's responsible for the tampertion of the files.
Anne and Logan get put into the back of the police car, and as they sit there, no doubt, yelling at each other, the police officers inform me that they'll be held until court.
The car drives off, and someone says something about continuing the meeting without Logan or something close to that, but I don't listen as I think about the next steps to fixing this problem as it doesn't stop here.
Logan and Anne finally getting what they deserve, Hailey really didn't have time for their crap.
-Summer Roe
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