CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE - Beneath the Surface Lies Danger

Late that night, long after the board had adjourned and Deonna had been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation, Logan sat alone in his office. He pulled up the company's email logs, determined to trace the altered messages back to their source. Hours passed as Logan dug deeper and deeper into the digital trail. As the first rays of dawn began to streak the sky, he sat back, his eyes wide with a mixture of shock and dawning realization. The altered emails hadn't originated from Deonna's computer at all. They had been sent from a cleverly disguised IP address - one that, when Logan traced it, led straight to Emma's home network. With growing urgency, Logan began to gather more evidence. He called in favors from the IT department, had security footage pulled, and even reached out to a private investigator friend for help. As the pieces began to fall into place, a picture emerged that made Logan's blood run cold. Emma hadn't just been trying to win him back. She ha