Those who made it into the program were the best among the best, true standouts in every way.
Violet quickly handed me the file. “President Murphy, here’s the list, eight people in total. All of them were interviewed earlier.”
I opened the folder and scanned the page. Each name looked familiar yet distant: a PhD from Harvard, a postdoc from MIT, a math genius from Cambridge.
My finger slid down the list until it stopped at the last name, one that instantly caught my eye.
Skylar Griffin.
Graduation: Vanderbilt University Law School, Faculty of Law (Bachelor’s & Master’s).
Assigned Department: Legal Affairs and Risk Control.
Employee ID: 10327.
I stared at her name, and the corners of my lips lifted without meaning to. Well, well, look what fate has brought my way. What a satisfying surprise.
Even more amusing, the lawyer she had hired was from Caldwell Law Firm, and Caldwell just happened to be one of Cognitech Technology’s biggest business competitors.
So, a reserve staff member from my company’s Legal Department, not even officially onboard yet, had already teamed up with a competitor’s lawyer to sue her own boss. I picked up my phone and dialed Skylar’s number.