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“We're heading back to New York tomorrow,” Gai said casually. “Everything's been handled. The mess at the
factory's sorted.”
“Oh?” | raised a brow. “Was it John who finally cracked?”
Gai blinked, then smiled. “Wow! You really don’t miss anything, do you?”
“I had a feeling,” | said, easing back into the pillows. “John’s the
kind who folds under pressure. But | don’t think he was the
brains behind it.”
Alexander tilted his head. “Go on.”
“I think Jimson was the real puppet master,” | said firmly.
“John’s just the convenient fall guy. They had a deal—if
anything went wrong, John would take the fall so Jimson could
protect whatever they were hiding.”
Gai looked surprised. “That's... exactly what John confessed. He
admitted Jimson planned it.”
Alexander gavea slow, thoughtful look, “What else do you
think it was?”
“I think...” But then | stopped myself from completing my
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deduction. “Never mind. | was just following my heart on what might have happened. It's not like | am that
important to listen.””
“You're wrong,” Alexander frowned suddenly.
| looked up, startled.
His voice didn’t waver. “If you disappeared again... | wouldn't
have peace until | found you.”
His words landed heavier than | expected. My fingers tightened around the blanket, and | lowered my eyes
quickly.
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| opened my mouth, but nothing cout. My face flushed- hot, ridiculous-and | ducked my head slightly,
clearing my throat. “Thank you, Alpha.”
| didn’t expect Gai to have anything more to say, but he
exchanged a strange look with Alexander before casually
folding his arms. There was something smug in his expression,
like he'd been waiting for the right moment to drop a bomb.
Alexander had just said, “I care about every employee,” and Gai tilted his head with mock curiosity.
“Is that so?” Gai’s tone was laced with amusement. “Just
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| glanced between them, sensing something unspoken. Alexander gave him a warning look, but Gai just smiled
wider,
then turned to me.
“Anyway,” he said, rubbing his palms together like a man about
to tell a ghost story, “Olivia, your analysis earlier? About John
and Jimson? You were about 80% right.”
“Only 80?” | asked, narrowing my eyes.
“Well,” he shrugged, “you assumed the two ghost workers were
real people hiding due to slong-term compensation scam,
right?”
| nodded. “Yeah. | thought they were a disabled couple getting
hush money!“”
“They're killed,” Gai said flatly.
I stared at him, confused. “Wait-what?“,
“Yes. Not injured. Not hidden. But killed.”
| blinked, stunned. “You're saying John and Jimson... committed
murder?”
Alexander exhaled sharply, as if he'd been holding it in. Gai
nodded.
“It happened about fifteen years ago. That couple-Jennie
Williams and Alan Fraco-were among the plant's earliest hires. Something went wrong one day. John got into a
violent fight with Alan. Alan ended up dead. Jennie saw it happen. She tried
to run. John chased her. She didn’t make it far”
My stomach twisted. “He killed both of them?”
Gai looked grim now. “That's what he eventually confessed. He claimed it was manslaughter. Panic. Self-defense
gone wrong”
| covered my mouth, feeling sick. “Why didn’t he turn himself
in?”
“Because Jimson found out,” Gai replied. “And Jimson... saw an
opportunity.”
| remained silent, absorbing every bit of the details, curiously.
Gai continued.
“Jimson helped John cover it up. No police, no press. Just silence.
In exchange, Jimson made John pretend the couple had only
been injured in a factory accident. Then he spread the story that
they were alive and just taking medical leave. Sick pay kept
coming in. People stopped asking questions.”
My voice cout hoarse. “So the workers who were
supposedly injured... were never alive to begin with?”
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manager, the accountant, even a few security guards. All of them got a piece of the lie.
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whole factory slowly emptied out-people who knew too much
were transferred or silenced. He even hired distant relatives to
fill fake roles.”
It was more than corruption. It was rot. Deep, systemic rot that
madefeel cold to my bones.
| looked at Alexander, who had been listening quietly. “I wonder
how did he carry out this plan for so many years without any
exposure.”
“You are right to wonder,” he said bluntly. “We should have
known about it a long ago.”
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