Before the Lie Could Bury My Brother
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My brother's first day on the job, and the new intern, Ashley Pratt, accuses him of trying something with her in the break room.
In my last life, I panicked under all those judging stares and my father screaming at me over the phone. I grabbed my brother by the shoulder and forced him to bow and apologize to her, tried to pay her off to make it go away.
She turned around and leaked the wire transfer online instead, twisted it into a story about rich people paying to buy back their good name. The backlash spiraled out of control. My brother couldn't take the flood of hate anymore and jumped from the roof. He hit the ground and there was nothing left of him to recognize.
My father used my failure to handle it as an excuse to push me off the board. I ended up watching the woman responsible climb over my brother's grave and take the CEO seat at Merritt Industries.
Fate is giving me a second shot.
My brother reaches for me, eyes rimmed red. "Camille, I swear I didn't do anything."
I pull him behind me and look down at the woman crying on the floor.
"She's saying you assaulted her? Fine. Let's call the cops."
In my last life, I panicked under all those judging stares and my father screaming at me over the phone. I grabbed my brother by the shoulder and forced him to bow and apologize to her, tried to pay her off to make it go away.
She turned around and leaked the wire transfer online instead, twisted it into a story about rich people paying to buy back their good name. The backlash spiraled out of control. My brother couldn't take the flood of hate anymore and jumped from the roof. He hit the ground and there was nothing left of him to recognize.
My father used my failure to handle it as an excuse to push me off the board. I ended up watching the woman responsible climb over my brother's grave and take the CEO seat at Merritt Industries.
Fate is giving me a second shot.
My brother reaches for me, eyes rimmed red. "Camille, I swear I didn't do anything."
I pull him behind me and look down at the woman crying on the floor.
"She's saying you assaulted her? Fine. Let's call the cops."
















































