CHAPTER 161: THE HUNT FOR THE TRUTH

MARIE "I need you to dig deeper into this. Find out everything you can about Gina," I told the media agent. "Her resignation after the incident was too sudden. There must be something fishy. I need us to get to the root of it as soon as possible," I added. Handing some documents to the media agent—something I thought could aid his investigation—I slowly spun in my office armchair to face the window blinds. The media agent responded, "Okay, ma'am," creaked the door open and left. "I'm so proud of you, Marie," Claire, my daughter's nanny, said as she entered one of the empty chairs. She had brought Angelica and herself to the company to visit me. "You're handling everything like a machine," she teased. Claire's calming presence was an immediate comfort and helped brighten my mood. "Thanks, Claire. I couldn't do it without you," I said to her, smiling. It hit me then that I hadn't smiled for hours. The thought of my father in the hospital, my daughter managing my father's company,