Twenty-three:
Piper Powell
I was supposed to be the Vice President of Tanager Inc. I wasn’t supposed to be going to work. My real work. But ever since I’d found out that my Mother might be alive, I needed to know the truth about what happened to her. I had resources at my work. Resources that neither Ransom or Oliver could control.
I worked for a website called Moonshine that was basically the equivalent of a celebrity gossip rag. I went to the office and found my manager, Rachel Carter. Rachel was tall, with dark, ebony skin, and dark hair that was in curled waves. “Powell,” she said, “what are you doing here? I saw the announcement. You’re the new Vice President of Tanager Inc. It would have been nice if I’d gotten a letter of resignation first.”
“I’m not resig
