Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Wallace put the iPad away, put on a straight face and said, “I understand, Mr. Scott. Worry not. I’ll keep an eye on it. If anything unusual happens, I’ll report it immediately.” 

Carson patted him on the shoulder and replied, “Thank you.”

A worried look washed over Wallace’s face. “It’s my job, isn’t it? Anyway, did the investigation team say anything?And what about Mr. Sullivan?” 

Realizing that he had asked too many questions, he shook his head. 

“It’s fine if you can’t talk about it right now. I’m just worried.” Carson removed his hand from Wallace’s shoulder.

 “It’s fine, Wallace. Even if we don’t tell you, you’ll find out sooner or later.”

Having heard that, Wallace realized that they were in big trouble. He glanced at Ivan, and then he darted his eyes back to Carson. After a moment of silence, Ivan broke his silence. 

there’s something amiss about the purchasing contract of the Baltimore project. It was a dual contract, and there was a great deal of difference between the prices of the two contracts. The purchasing director was the one in charge of almost every step of the purchasing process. If he were able to explain it clearly, perhaps it wouldn’t be so troublesome.”

Wallace finally understood the situation.

charge is dead.”

know about the dual contract, we signed it, which means we’re responsible for this whole farce. There are other projects that have similar problems, and they’re still under further investigation. If the

they find nothing

lots of contracts every single day, and maybe he

wrong, Victor will be

even so, do you think it will help the Sullivan

findings on the Baltimore project and several others. The Sullivan Group had hundreds of projects in its jurisdiction. Logically speaking, several

investigation team were to find anomalies in other projects, it would be a huge blow to the Sullivan Group even if Victor was

thought of how you’re going to deal with it?”

is on edge. When I was in the pantry, I heard