A Crazy Night Novel

The check of two hundred thousand on the desk seemed to be beckoning at her. Powerless to resist, Macy nodded.

“Yes. The Gibson family and the Hadley family were partners on a large project. To attain the approval of the board and become the CEO, Nigel worked hard on the project. He was the one who recommended the supplier to Timothy.”

“What is the supplier’s name?”

“That’s the third question, Christina. Up the price.”

Macy was no fool. She guessed that Christina was investigating the accident, which Nigel was inextricably linked to.

Despite a couple’s marital vows, each will save themselves when disaster strikes. Besides, Nigel was the one to throw me under the bus first. I’m only repaying the favor.

Sebastian produced a check written out for three hundred thousand and placed it on top of the earlier one. Macy reached out to grab them but could not yank them free.

“You haven’t answered Mrs. Hadley yet, Mrs. Gibson,” Sebastian reminded her.

Macy withdrew her hand sheepishly. “Nigel never shared his business dealings with me, so I can’t give you a name. What I do know is that they have formed a company together over the years, with Nigel taking the lion’s share of the profits. He’s even the largest shareholder, wielding absolute power.”

Christina could tell that Macy’s narrative largely corroborated with what Nathaniel told her.

The possibility of Nigel being the mastermind was more or less established, but without evidence, everything they knew could just as easily change.

Christina signaled Sebastian to hand over the money.

Macy could hardly conceal her greed at the sight of the checks in her hands totaling close to a million. She motioned at Christina impatiently.

“Keep going. What else do you want to know? I’ll tell you everything as long as the price is right.”

Christina realized that Nigel’s marriage was not as perfect as they made it seem to the world. She would not uncover anything important if she persisted with the line of questioning through Nigel.

have anything to do with Miranda’s

tail trodden on, Macy leaped to her feet and clawed madly at Christina’s chest. “Watch your mouth, Christina!” she yelled in a rage. “I know my

you how Miranda

flashed across Macy’s eyes. She quickly suppressed it, clutching the checks in her hand as she did so. “Though I am in urgent need of money, I will

deal

Christina’s voice, dripping with

care whether you live or die. All you have to do to

to?”

lead. She could not take a

can drag me out of this mess. She is right. The two people I care most about in the world have left me

a moment, Macy turned away from the snare and left without so much

check. “Are you sure we’re just going

as a

“I know what

a video call with the children, then spoke with Nathaniel on the phone for over an hour, after which she was about to

thousand she had taken earlier that day. More

no chance of escape. Before she could do so,

a lapse of vigilance

to

fare much better, either. After facing numerous rejections and ridicule, they still failed to gather anything despite having resorted

all but forced them back to the precinct to aid in

operations and, at most, only provided Nigel with ideas. Without evidence, the police released

as lucky. As the once omnipotent figure of Gibson Corporation, he had plenty of skeletons in his closet; any single crime of the myriad he

the obstacle and align himself with the Stone family, but Nigel was indispensable. Thus, when the following day broke, Yerek went to Gibson Corporation with a stack of documents

nine, Yerek had been waiting for almost three hours at the entrance to Gibson