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“Who cares where the videos came from? What matters is that Heidi needs this job, and you stole it from her because of me.”
“I understand that you’re upset,” Jensen said calmly. He slowly got to his feet and put his hand on my shoulder. “But you can’t think clearly when you’re like this.”
I smacked his hand away and ignored the pain from that movement. “Heidi broke up with me because of this shit. I don’t need to think clearly. I need to fix this.”
“What happened to Heidi was…unfortunate,” Jensen said, carefully choosing his words. “It was handled poorly. I understand that the employees in her department believed they were doing the right thing to contain the situation and avoid a scandal. However, as you were not notified, no investigation was put into it other than to assume that the evidence hadn’t been doctored. We both know that this isn’t good for the company. And, obviously, it’s not good for your relationship with Heidi. And, by the way…Heidi? No wonder you didn’t want to tell me.”
“Yeah, well, I did want to tell you, but I didn’t want her to get fucking fired.”
Jensen sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. “Look, speaking as the CEO of this company and your boss, the evidence was pretty damning, and everyone reacted quickly to minimize the damage. Have you seen the videos?”
I shook my head. “I didn’t even know what they had.”
Jensen moved back to his computer and pulled up the email that he had received with the evidence of Heidi and me together. It was a series of videos and a couple of pictures of Heidi and me on the golf course, in the clubhouse, and even at dinner at the seafood restaurant that we had picked at random. Whoever had taken these shots had clearly been following us because no one else had known where we were.
“Well, fuck,” I groaned, finally sinking into the seat.
“I agree. After watching these, do you see why she was fired?”
I hated myself, but I nodded. “I know why they did it, but I still want to fix it.”
“The way to fix this is to figure out who sent these. It was anonymous. I already have someone looking into it. The way these images were sent to us feels like a threat. It was pointed. Not sent to me or Morgan, but directly to Heidi’s immediate supervisor. Does Heidi have any enemies? Anyone who would want to see her fired?”
I shook my head. “I don’t know. I don’t think so. Wait, maybe this Matt guy who works in her department. He wanted the promotion that she got.”
Jensen drummed his fingers on the desk. “He has motive, but would he have had access to these videos?”
“Fuck, I don’t know.”
“And do you?”
“Do I what?”
Jensen averted his gaze, and that was when I realized he had already come to a conclusion. He looked back at me then. “Do you know anyone who would benefit from Heidi getting fired?”
I opened my mouth as the conclusion Jensen had come to dawned on me. “Miranda.”
“Yeah. That’s where I landed, too.”
“She was at the tournament,” I told him. “Heidi saw her briefly. She was trying to pick up a golf buddy of mine to replace me, but we didn’t see her the rest of the weekend. We skipped a dinner and everything to avoid her.”
“Didn’t seem to work,” Jensen said, touching his screen.
“Fuck. What a conniving bitch!”
“I wouldn’t put it past her.”
“Oh, I’m going to call her and give her a piece of my mind.”
“I’m certain that’s what she wants from you—a reaction. It’s best for us to dig a little deeper and see if we can nail her on something like this. Let’s make sure it’s really her and not this…Matt guy. Then, we’ll decide where to go from there. A judge will not look kindly on threats if she’s trying to get more money.”
“I could wring her neck.”
“I would also advise against that,” Jensen said with amusement. “Though I know the feeling well.”
I leaned my head back and stared at the white ceiling. “What the fuck do I do, man? Heidi freaked out on me and forced me out of her apartment. I’m head over heels for that girl, and she won’t even talk to me.”
“As your brother, I’d tell you to fight for her. If you’re willing to throw everything away for her, she must be worth it.”
