Chapter 41

Not long after Steve left, my phone rang. It was a call from Claire. "Zara, how are you doing exactly? You were so vague when you asked for leave yesterday. How bad is your foot injury? Will it affect your work?" She fired off a string of questions. At the end of the day, she was just worried I wouldn't be able to finish the job. After all, I was the only one with the interview material from yesterday at Griffin Group, and this incident was still developing. News timeliness was crucial. I told her about the surgery, then said, "I'll finish the work on time. I'll send the article to your email before noon." After ending the call with Claire, I opened the note-taking app on my phone and started writing the report about the suicide of the migrant worker under Griffin Group. After two days of Steve's efforts, the Griffin Group's PR team and paid commentators had already flipped public opinion around. Almost everyone had forgotten about the migrant worker who had taken his own life o