Chapter 51

"Where's Ms. Lane?" Celeste turned to Blake with urgency-she had to stop this mess before the legal team took action. If things blew up, it wasn't just the design department's reputation on the line. The whole Shaw Group might take a hit. "She went to Legal. Why? Hey, now is not the time to play hero, don't go throwing yourself under the bus," Blake warned, eyeing her. That snapped Celeste back to her senses. Charging in right now would just be asking for trouble. It'd come off like she was covering something up. And if Ms. Lane asked why she hadn't spoken up earlier, she'd be in even deeper water. Better to wait it out. Once the truth about Michelle came out and the design team got reshuffled, she just needed to survive the fallout to keep her career intact. Sure enough, just before clock-out, Ms. Lane returned with the legal team in tow. Everyone was herded into the meeting room while two IT guys from Network Security came in to dig through everybody's computers and emails. They were