Chapter 56 Call The Police
Chapter 56 Call The Police
Once Casey confirmed who the mole was, she quickly tapped into her connections at work and pulled up the office surveince footage.
There was a camera right outside the design department, and sure enough, the night before the data was tampered with, Billy hade back to the office after hours-and messed with theputer.
A lot of the department''s projects used a shared system. As long as someone had ess to thepany login, they could go in and change things. No wonder Casey hadn''t noticed anything off at the time.
Then after the project was approved and everyone was off celebrating, Billy snuck into the office again and plugged a portable hard drive into Casey''sputer.
Even though Billy tried to disguise himself, the birthmark on his left hand gave him away.
Casey''s jaw clenched in fury. "Billy is such a piece of crap. I covered for himst time when he screwed up, and this is how he repays me?"
I grabbed her hand and tried to calm her down. "Casey, you need to see the bigger picture. Billy didn''t steal the files for himself. He gave them to your boss."
That was the real danger. Billy was just the pawn. Her boss was the one pulling the strings.
Casey was too good at her job, and that made her a threat.
Casey hadn''t even been with thepany a full year, yet half the team already trusted her.
That was clear during the bidding process-almost the whole team had followed her lead.
But people who shine too bright always get on the boss''s nerves.
Thepany was a family-owned business. They probably paid her that high sry with an ulterior motive in mind.
Casey clenched her fists, her eyes reddening. "No way, Ada. I''m not letting this slide. I didn''t do anything wrong. Even if they fire me, I want the truth out there."
Billy might''ve been faking it, but Casey''s anger was real. I lowered my eyes and agreed silently. ''They want her talent but not her voice.
''She has created those designs-now they want to use them for free? That''s just exploitation.''
When we walked back into the office, the team gathered around immediately.
Casey didn''t waste time. She plugged the sh drive into the conference roomputer and yed the footage-Billy messing with the files, then stealing data. Then everyone turned to stare at Billy.
Billy instinctively looked at their supervisor, who just leaned back in his chair and gave Casey a dismissive look.
The supervisor asked, "So, you''re the designer, right? I heard you almost messed up a whole project with faulty data. And now this? What are you trying to pull?
"The footage is grainy. You seriously iming Billy stole your work?"
"What do you think?" Casey''s voice was hoarse, but steady.
The evidence was right there, but some people just didn''t want to admit the truth.
The boss stormed in, clearly ticked off. "Casey, what the hell are you doing? I told you to go home.
"This project belongs to thepany. You work for us-what''s wrong with sharing your designs with the team? "Well, let me make it easier for you. You''re out of the design department. Starting now, you''re moving to logistics." So that was the n all along. They''d been waiting for Casey to fall sick so they could push her out quietly. Casey started to say something, but I stepped in front of her.
I said, "Most of the key design work was done by Casey alone. Yeah, she''s an employee, but she was never paid for that part of the project. That means thepany doesn''t have the right to just use it however they want."
The manager scoffed. "Then sue us. By the time you get anywhere with that, the project will be over. Let''s see what you can
really do."
''So that''s how they are gonna y it. Real low, I muttered.
A couple coworkers and I had to hold Casey back to stop her from rushing the guy.
I''d already expected something like this. That boss was clearly nning to throw her under the bus the minute he had, an
excuse.
Chapter 56 Call The Police
But what they didn''t realize was, the real core designs hadn''t been copied at all. They thought they were winning, but they were just ying themselves.
I said, "Fine. Then thepany should release an official statement. From this moment on, Casey has nothing to do with the project. She''s not responsible for anything rted to it."
"dly!" The boss actually seemed pleased. He waved a hand. "If that''s how you want it, then Casey''s done here. No need to stay."
I hadn''t expected him to be so bold, but before I could speak up, Casey gritted hereth and said just one word-"Fine." Casey looked over at me with a pitiful expression, then shook her head.
And right then I knew-Casey waspletely done with this ce. There was no going back.
When we got home, I got a message from Pe on Whatsapp. She''d gone back to check more security footage. Turned out Billy hadn''t just messed with data-
he''d actually stolen a bunch of files and handed them over to Vivian.
I reached out to Ellen right away and asked her to send over the project files from Design Department Three. Casey took one look and frowned. "These designs-l didn''t use them back then. How the hell did they end up at the Carson Group? Vivian bought my work? Billy sold it?"
I stood there for a second, thinking hard, then grabbed my jacket. "Casey, get your materials ready. We''re going to the police."
Even the drafts Casey didn''t use-those were still her intellectual property. No one had the right to use them.
It looked like Jude was trying to hand Design Department Three over to Vivian, and Vivian was ready to make a move. Too bad Vivian didn''t know what she was doing. Just because she came up with a sneaky n didn''t mean she could actually pull it off.
When we walked into Carson Group with the police, Vivian was still clinging to Jude''s arm, giggling. "Jude, there is a new bag. And their people called me. Let''s go take a lookter, okay?"
As the secretary led us in, Vivian finally let go of him.
One of the officers stepped forward. "Ms. Miller, you''re suspected of stealing corporate trade secrets. Pleasee with us."
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