Chapter 36

Cecilia My expression tightened as I fought to keep my composure. Something wasn't right about this situation. “Why lock the door?” I asked, keeping my tone calm and measured as my gaze swept over each man in the room. “Is my simple question about two employees really a matter so delicate it must be discussed behind closed doors?” Thomas Dunn responded with that same oily smile that had begun to wear thin. "No, no, Ms. Moore, please don't misunderstand.The supervisor isn't hiding anything by locking the door. It's just that this matter... well, it's not something we want circulating among the workforce. People start talking, rumors spread, and before you know it, morale takes a hit." “I see.” I let the words hang in the air, my voice cool. “So there is something being hidden here after all.” "You don't understand the full picture," Thomas explained, his voice adopting a confidential tone. "The two people you asked about were among our earliest factory workers—a married couple. They suf