Chapter 19
Part 3
Jaden moped defiantly into the mess hall on what
he was certain would be his last day of freedom. Investigations
never took long in The Corporation. It took a week to convict an
addict. A preliminary investigation was bound to take far less time.
He was certain the auditors would arrive with a judgment by the
afternoon. Jaden sat alone at one of the tables.
Fotee walked up. “Visitor for you, Emory. Waiting for you
in the ripping center.”
As Jaden skulked to the office, he wondered who was waiting
for him. Could Baqer have come to apologize? Or maybe Kim had realized
that their five-year friendship wasn’t worth throwing away over an
attraction, and she’d come to help him out of this mess.
Jaden picked up his pace. It had to be Kim. Baqer would be
in New York by now. It had to be Kim, here to save him.
He ran his card through the reader but the office door was
already unlocked. It swung open with a light push.
There, flanked by two guards, was Ally Fayre.
