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00:02Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30Nathalie Shen, Head of Internal Audit
00:32from Corporate Headquarters,
00:33with findings from an audit committee investigation.
00:36Put three years of buried failures
00:37in front of the entire company.
00:39Good afternoon.
00:41How much longer before she quits?
00:43The voices in the break room were low,
00:44but I heard every word.
00:46I stood outside with a cup of coffee
00:47and didn't go in.
00:48Not long.
00:48She's already lasted almost three months.
00:50I say this week,
00:51loser buys Korean barbecue.
00:54I turned around and went back to my desk.
00:56It sat directly beside the restroom.
00:57Every time the door opened,
00:58the smell of disinfectant
01:00and old plumbing rolled out together.
01:02I sat down,
01:03opened my laptop,
01:04and kept filling in the spreadsheet.
01:06They thought I was waiting to be fired.
01:08I was waiting for the holiday party.
01:10My name is Nathalie Shen.
01:12I'm 32.
01:13Three months earlier,
01:14I joined the West Coast Regional Office
01:16of North Star Medical Systems
01:18as a temporary operations analyst.
01:20I had no defined project,
01:22no direct manager,
01:23and not even a permanent access badge.
01:26HR called it a temporary placement.
01:28It's a temporary placement.
01:30For now,
01:31take some time
01:31to get familiar with the team.
01:34I didn't ask how long temporary meant
01:35or what exactly
01:36I was supposed to be learning.
01:37I showed up on time every day,
01:39sat at my desk,
01:40and worked through the data
01:40no one else wanted to touch.
01:42During the first week,
01:43people still said hello.
01:45By the second,
01:46fewer of them did.
01:47By the third,
01:49more than 20 people in the department
01:50acted like I wasn't there.
01:52When I walked toward them,
01:53they scattered.
01:54When I sat down,
01:55their voices dropped.
01:56When I entered the break room,
01:58the conversation stopped.
01:59I wasn't stupid.
02:01I knew exactly what was happening.
02:03I just didn't react.
02:04I came in on time,
02:06left on time,
02:07and finished everything in between.
02:09On Monday morning,
02:10I found out my desk had been moved.
02:12It had been by the window.
02:14Now it was pressed up against the restroom.
02:18Natalie,
02:19it's quieter over there.
02:21I thought it would suit you.
02:23I looked at her
02:24and said nothing.
02:26Fine.
02:27If they wanted me there,
02:28I would work there.
02:30I carried over my laptop,
02:32lined up my folders,
02:33and got back to work.
02:34The restroom door opened
02:36and closed all day,
02:37releasing waves of disinfectant
02:39and drain odor.
02:40People walked past,
02:42covered their noses,
02:43and laughed.
02:44I pretended not to notice.
02:46At lunch,
02:47the department went out together.
02:49I was the last person
02:50to find out.
02:51Actually,
02:52no one told me.
02:53I figured it out
02:53when the entire office
02:54emptied at 12.30.
02:56I went to the break room for water
02:58and heard laughter
02:59disappearing into the elevator.
03:01Back at my desk,
03:02I checked the Team Slack channel.
03:04Someone had posted a group photo.
03:06Richard's buying.
03:07Nobody leaves early tonight.
03:08There were steaks,
03:09fries,
03:10beer,
03:10and more than 20 smiling people
03:12raising their glasses.
03:13I searched the whole thread.
03:15No one had mentioned me.
03:17No one had asked,
03:18Natalie, are you coming?
03:19It was as if I didn't exist.
03:21They came back around too.
03:22Vanessa Cole led the group.
03:23Her cheeks still flushed
03:24from the drinks.
03:25She stopped beside my desk.
03:26Oh, Natalie,
03:28you didn't come to lunch?
03:31No one invited me.
03:33She paused for half a second,
03:34then smiled.
03:35Ooh, forgot.
03:36We forgot it.
03:37Next time.
03:37She walked away.
03:38I lowered my eyes
03:40and went back to typing.
03:42Someone nearby whispered.
03:44Why is she acting offended?
03:46Does she need a personal implication?
03:49She'll wait forever.
03:50She has no shame.
03:51I didn't turn around.
03:52I opened a new document
03:53and typed.
03:55October 15.
03:57Excluded from Team Lunch.
03:58People involved.
03:59Vanessa Cole and department staff.
04:01Evidence.
04:02Slack history and group photo.
04:04I entered every relevant name,
04:06saved the file,
04:07closed it,
04:08closed it,
04:09and returned to my spreadsheet.
04:10At four that afternoon,
04:12I finished a market analysis report.
04:14I emailed it to Vanessa
04:15and copied Richard.
04:17Vanessa,
04:18I pulled together the Q4 market data for reference.
04:21Five minutes later,
04:22she replied,
04:23received.
04:24That was it.
04:25The next day,
04:26the report appeared on Richard's LinkedIn.
04:28Vanessa's team knocked it out of the park.
04:31Excellent market analysis.
04:33The comments poured in.
04:34Vanessa is amazing.
04:36Her team always delivers.
04:38This analysis is incredibly detailed.
04:40Great work, Vanessa.
04:41I opened the report
04:42and checked the cover page.
04:44My name was gone.
04:45It now said,
04:47Vanessa's team.
04:48I stared at it for a long time.
04:50Then I opened my document
04:51and added,
04:52October 16,
04:54authorship removed from Q4 market report.
04:57Evidence,
04:58original file,
04:59email history,
05:00LinkedIn post,
05:01saved,
05:02closed.
05:03The same thing happened again and again
05:05over the next few days.
05:06My presentation became Chloe Bennett's.
05:08My data became Ethan Parker's.
05:10My strategy memo became
05:11a department-wide effort.
05:12Every time,
05:13I logged it.
05:14Date,
05:14work product,
05:15people involved.
05:16Every entry was clean and specific.
05:18That Friday,
05:19Vanessa called me into her office.
05:21Natalie,
05:21how long have you been here?
05:23Three weeks.
05:26And how do you think it's going?
05:28Fine.
05:29She smiled,
05:30but her eyes didn't.
05:32Fine?
05:33You think your performance has been fine?
05:35I said nothing.
05:36I'm going to be honest with you.
05:38You're not a fit for this department.
05:40Okay.
05:41You don't connect with the team.
05:42You don't take initiative.
05:44You sit by yourself all day
05:45like a piece of furniture.
05:48You sit by yourself all day
05:50like a piece of furniture.
05:53Don't you have anything to say?
05:54I met her eyes.
05:56What would you like me to say, Vanessa?
05:57That threw her for a second.
05:59Then she gave me a cold smile.
06:00I'd like you to take the hint.
06:03Submit your resignation
06:04and the company may still offer you severance.
06:06And if I don't?
06:08If you don't,
06:09don't blame me for what happens next.
06:11I stood.
06:12Understood.
06:13Understood what?
06:15That you plan to keep trying to force me out.
06:17I left
06:18and closed the door quietly behind me.
06:21At my desk,
06:22I opened the document and typed
06:24October 20.
06:26Vanessa Cole pressured me to resign
06:27and threaten further action if I refused.
06:29I saved it,
06:31closed it,
06:31and checked the calendar.
06:33Ten weeks until the annual holiday party.
06:35Plenty of time.
06:36By the fourth week,
06:37the isolation escalated.
06:39Before,
06:40they simply left me out of lunch
06:41and refused to speak to me.
06:42Now they stopped inviting me to meetings.
06:45Expense forms mysteriously disappeared.
06:48The printer always broke when I needed it.
06:50Office supply requests were never approved.
06:53I bought my own stapler,
06:54pens,
06:55and even printer paper.
06:57Once,
06:57I asked the office coordinator for a notebook.
07:00She smiled.
07:01I don't see a request from you in the system.
07:06I submitted it last week.
07:09Maybe there was a system issue.
07:10You can submit it again.
07:12I did.
07:13A week later,
07:14it still hadn't been approved.
07:16I stopped asking
07:17and bought a pack of notebooks
07:19from the office supply store down the street.
07:21On Wednesday afternoon,
07:22I overheard the bet in the break room.
07:24I say she quits this week.
07:26I say next week.
07:27What are we betting?
07:29Korean barbecue?
07:30Deal.
07:31I stood outside holding my cup.
07:33They had no idea I was there.
07:35Why won't she leave?
07:37How can anyone be that desperate?
07:39She's probably waiting for severance.
07:41Severance?
07:42Who does she think she is?
07:43Exactly.
07:44If she refuses to take the home,
07:45she deserves what she gets.
07:48Their laughter cut through the door.
07:50I walked back to my desk
07:52and opened the document.
07:54October 25.
07:55Break room betting pool.
07:56Chloe Bennett,
07:57Ethan Parker,
07:59Megan Reed,
08:00and others bet on when I would resign.
08:02I saved the entry
08:03and smiled at the screen.
08:05Korean barbecue.
08:06Fine.
08:07After the holiday party,
08:08maybe I'd buy them a farewell dinner.
08:11That afternoon,
08:12Vanessa tried something else.
08:14There was a monthly department meeting,
08:16the kind every employee was required to attend.
08:18Ten minutes before it started,
08:20I saw everyone gathering their notebooks.
08:22What meeting is this?
08:24I asked Megan Reed.
08:25She looked at me,
08:26said nothing,
08:28and walked away.
08:29I caught up with Ethan Parker.
08:31What time is the meeting?
08:33Which room?
08:33No idea.
08:34I watched them disappear down the hall one by one.
08:37The office was empty.
08:38I checked my email.
08:40I checked my email.
08:40No invite.
08:41I checked Slack.
08:42Nothing there either.
08:43I sat back down and typed,
08:45October 26.
08:46Excluded from monthly meeting.
08:48People involved Vanessa Cole and department staff.
08:51Then I added,
08:52meeting content pending review.
08:54They returned half an hour later.
08:56Vanessa was in front,
08:57and she looked annoyed.
08:59She stopped at my desk.
09:00Natalie,
09:01why weren't you in the meeting?
09:03No one told me about it.
09:05Yes,
09:06we did.
09:06It was posted in Slack.
09:08I checked.
09:09It wasn't.
09:11Then,
09:11maybe you missed it.
09:12The contempt in her voice was obvious.
09:15I didn't argue.
09:16After she walked away,
09:17I captured the complete Slack history.
09:20There was no meeting notice.
09:21Not one.
09:22One more piece of evidence.
09:24Friday was my birthday.
09:26No one knew.
09:27No one asked.
09:28I sat alone beside the restroom,
09:30eating a cold convenience store sandwich,
09:33and staring at the gray sky beyond the office towers.
09:35I was 32.
09:37Ten years earlier,
09:38I had graduated with the world in front of me.
09:41Five years earlier,
09:42I had moved into management
09:43and thought my career was taking off.
09:45A year earlier,
09:47I had transferred to this regional office
09:48and started over.
09:50Now I was spending my 32nd birthday
09:51beside a restroom with a cold sandwich.
09:53My phone buzzed.
09:54It was an email from HR.
09:56Subject,
09:57separation,
09:58discussion meeting.
09:59Miss Shen,
10:00please report to HR at 3 p.m.
10:03on October 27
10:04for a separation discussion.
10:06I read it for a long time.
10:07They hadn't even spoken to me first.
10:09They had gone straight to a separation meeting.
10:11I didn't reply.
10:13I opened my document
10:14and added,
10:15October 27,
10:17received HR separation notice on my birthday.
10:20Then I closed my laptop,
10:22picked up my bag,
10:23and left.
10:24The elevator was empty.
10:25I looked at myself in the mirrored wall
10:27and smiled.
10:28Three weeks in,
10:29they still had no idea who I was.
10:32They had no idea why I had come,
10:34and they had no idea what would happen
10:36at the annual holiday party three months later.
10:38I pressed the lobby button.
10:40No rush.
10:41Let them take their time.
10:45The HR manager was Daniel Brooks,
10:47a man in his 30s
10:48with glasses and polished manners.
10:50His first sentence told me
10:51exactly what kind of person he was.
10:53Natalie, right?
10:54Have a seat.
10:56I sat.
10:57He flipped through a file
10:59and looked up.
11:00You've been with the regional office
11:01almost a month now.
11:03That's right.
11:04How do you think things are going?
11:06Fine.
11:08I'll be direct.
11:09The team isn't satisfied
11:10with your performance.
11:13Specifically?
11:14He shrugged.
11:16A little of everything.
11:17You're not integrating with the team.
11:18You don't show initiative.
11:19Your output is low.
11:20That market report Richard praised
11:21on LinkedIn was mine.
11:22He hesitated.
11:24I thought Vanessa's team produced that.
11:26That's what the cover says.
11:27The original file and revision history
11:28say otherwise.
11:29Do you have proof?
11:30I smiled.
11:31Daniel, I'm here to hear
11:32what the company plans to do
11:33not to debate you.
11:34Please continue.
11:35He recovered quickly.
11:36The company would prefer
11:37that you resign voluntarily.
11:39In exchange,
11:40we can offer six weeks of severance.
11:42And if I don't,
11:43he removed his glasses
11:44and wiped them.
11:46If you don't,
11:47things may become uncomfortable.
11:49You know how workplaces can be.
11:51He didn't need to.
11:53If I stayed,
11:54they would keep coming after me.
11:56I stood.
11:57Understood.
11:58Think it over
11:59and give me your answer tomorrow.
12:00I don't need to think about it.
12:02He looked up.
12:03Excuse me?
12:04I'm not resigning.
12:08If the company wants to terminate me,
12:11put it in writing.
12:13And whether that termination is retaliatory
12:15is something my attorney can evaluate.
12:20One more thing.
12:21I have records of every stolen credit,
12:23every deliberate exclusion,
12:24and every attempt to force my resignation.
12:26If the company wants a legal dispute,
12:28my attorney will respond.
12:31The color changed in his face.
12:33I left without another word.
12:35Outside HR,
12:36I took a slow breath.
12:37The first round was over.
12:38I hadn't won,
12:39but I hadn't lost.
12:40When I returned to my desk,
12:42the mood had changed.
12:44Before,
12:44they treated me like I was invisible.
12:46Now the hostility was out in the open.
12:48Vanessa stood in the doorway of her office
12:50and watched me like she wanted to cut me open.
12:53I ignored her,
12:54sat down,
12:55and opened my laptop.
12:56Five minutes later,
12:57she came over.
12:58Natalie,
12:59what did you say to HR?
13:02Nothing important.
13:05Nothing important?
13:06She gave a short laugh.
13:07Did you threaten Daniel?
13:09I told him I had evidence.
13:11Her expression shifted.
13:12What evidence?
13:14I have the original file
13:15showing you remove my name from the report.
13:17I have the slack history
13:18showing I was excluded from meetings.
13:20I have photos of the desk
13:21you moved beside the restroom.
13:22I paused.
13:23Would you like to see them?
13:25Her face went white for a second.
13:26Then the arrogance came back.
13:27You really think a few screenshots can scare me?
13:30I'm not interested in fighting with you.
13:32Then what do you want?
13:34I want everything documented.
13:36She stared at me,
13:37snorted,
13:38and walked away.
13:39I went back to work,
13:40but I knew the rules had changed.
13:42From that point on,
13:43Vanessa would get more aggressive.
13:44She would stop pretending.
13:45She would use every trick she had
13:47to make me leave.
13:47I wasn't afraid.
13:48That was exactly what I needed.
13:50The more she did,
13:51the more evidence she created.
13:52The more evidence she created,
13:53the more names appeared
13:54in the final report.
13:55I opened my document.
13:57It was already several pages long.
13:59Dates,
13:59incidents,
14:00names,
14:01sources.
14:02Everything was organized.
14:03I scrolled to the first entry.
14:05I had known what was coming
14:06before I arrived.
14:07The regional office
14:08had ranked at the bottom
14:09for three straight years.
14:10Expense reporting
14:11in the department
14:12had been irregular for two.
14:13Vanessa,
14:14the regional marketing director,
14:16earned $1.8 million a year
14:18and produced almost nothing.
14:19Suspicions aren't enough.
14:20Corporate had wanted answers
14:21for a long time.
14:22Then I'll get it.
14:23I just didn't have proof.
14:24That was why headquarters sent me.
14:25Officially,
14:26I was a temporary operations analyst.
14:28In reality,
14:29I was the head of internal audit
14:31for the entire company.
14:32I hadn't come there
14:33to wait for them to fire me.
14:35I had come to put the truth
14:36they had buried for three years
14:37in front of the audit committee
14:39and the board.
14:45Only a handful of executives
14:46at corporate knew
14:47knew who I really was.
14:49The audit committee
14:50had authorized the investigation
14:51and the cover was deliberate.
14:54Before I left,
14:55CEO Howard Wilson
14:56met with me personally.
14:58Natalie,
14:59we've been watching
15:00the West Coast office
15:01for three years.
15:03Every time we send in
15:04a formal audit team,
15:06the books suddenly look perfect.
15:08Because they know
15:09headquarters is coming.
15:11Exactly.
15:12The moment the auditors leave,
15:14the same problems come back.
15:18So you want me to enter
15:19as an ordinary employee?
15:21I want to see how they operate
15:22when they think
15:23no one important is watching.
15:27How long?
15:28Three months.
15:29Your final report
15:30goes directly to the audit committee
15:31before the holiday party.
15:32At the event,
15:33you'll present the findings.
15:35They'll isolate me.
15:38Probably.
15:39They may interfere
15:40with my files.
15:41They may try
15:41to destroy evidence.
15:43What do you need?
15:44An independent reporting line.
15:45Regional leadership
15:46doesn't review my drafts,
15:47narrow the scope,
15:48or touch the original evidence.
15:50Approved.
15:51You sign the scope,
15:52the findings,
15:53and the disciplinary recommendations.
15:57The board decides
15:58executive suspensions
15:59and leadership changes.
16:01Legal, HR,
16:02and the appropriate
16:03business executives
16:04handle individual discipline
16:05under a consistent framework.
16:08I need one more assurance.
16:10Go ahead.
16:12If the evidence holds,
16:13this report does not
16:14disappear into a drawer.
16:16Howard held my graze.
16:18The audit committee
16:19authorized this investigation.
16:20You bring back the facts.
16:23The company owns
16:24what happens next.
16:26So I went in
16:26as a temporary operations analyst,
16:28sat beside the restroom,
16:30and let a group of people
16:31mistreat an employee
16:32they had no idea
16:32was investigating them.
16:33Every exclusion,
16:35every stolen credit,
16:36every act of retaliation
16:38went into the work piece.
16:39They thought I was
16:40filling out spreadsheets.
16:41I was closing
16:42an evidence chain.
16:44And they had no idea
16:45that the woman
16:46they mocked,
16:47isolated,
16:48and bet on
16:48would stand on
16:49the holiday party stage
16:50three months later
16:51and present the findings
16:53that brought their
16:54entire power structure
16:55down.
16:57The days passed.
16:59I kept getting excluded.
17:01My work kept getting stolen.
17:03The humiliation kept coming.
17:06And I kept gathering evidence.
17:08Every day,
17:09I did two things.
17:11First,
17:12I did my assigned work,
17:13reports,
17:14data,
17:15analysis,
17:16all of it.
17:16Second,
17:17I logged every
17:18suspicious expense,
17:20reimbursement,
17:21and approval.
17:22After one month,
17:23my file was more
17:24than 30 pages.
17:26After two,
17:27it was over 60.
17:29After three,
17:29I had a complete
17:30investigative report.
17:32What was in it?
17:33Vanessa had fabricated
17:34$110,000
17:35in industry conference
17:37expenses over three years.
17:39Ethan had submitted
17:40$32,000
17:41in forged rust seats
17:42over two years.
17:44Chloe had taken
17:45$21,000
17:45in vendor kickbacks
17:47in one year.
17:48Then there were
17:48Megan Reed,
17:49Aaron Hayes,
17:50Brian Falster,
17:51and more than 20 others.
17:52Some falsified expenses.
17:54Some operated
17:55off-book funds.
17:56Some hid conflicts
17:57of interest.
17:58One scheme involved
18:00fake employees
18:00and payroll fraud.
18:02Vanessa was the worst.
18:03Her total annual compensation
18:05was roughly $360,000.
18:07Her actual contribution
18:09was zero.
18:10Zero.
18:12in three years,
18:13she had not led
18:14a single successful
18:15client project
18:16and the region remained
18:18at the bottom
18:18of the company.
18:20Her only real skill
18:22was protecting
18:23her inner circle.
18:26Obey her
18:27and you were rewarded.
18:28Stand up to her
18:29and you became a target.
18:34I was the one
18:35who refused to obey.
18:37More accurately,
18:38I was the one
18:39sent to remove her.
18:41One week before
18:42the holiday party,
18:43I sent the final
18:44investigative report
18:45to Howard
18:45and submitted
18:46to the audit committee.
18:49Two hours later,
18:50he replied,
18:51The audit committee
18:53has accepted
18:53your findings.
18:54Legal and HR
18:56have completed
18:56their process review.
18:57The board votes
18:58on the leadership
18:59changes tonight.
19:01A second message
19:02followed.
19:04At the event,
19:05you present the findings.
19:06I announced the suspensions
19:08and leadership changes.
19:10Legal and HR
19:11deliver the individual
19:12notices.
19:13Understood.
19:14I wrote back.
19:15Seven days left.
19:17I had waited
19:17three months.
19:19Another week
19:20was nothing.
19:21The final week
19:22before the holiday party
19:23was the hardest.
19:24Vanessa escalated.
19:27On Monday,
19:28my computer
19:28was accidentally damaged.
19:32Natalie,
19:32the hard drive
19:33is corrupted.
19:33We may not be able
19:34to recover anything.
19:35I smiled.
19:38That's fine.
19:39I have backups.
19:41He froze
19:42and the look
19:43on his face
19:44was almost funny.
19:46From day one,
19:47everything had been saved
19:48both locally
19:49and in the cloud.
19:51I wasn't careless.
19:52On Tuesday,
19:54my access badge
19:55went missing.
19:58Mrs. Shen,
19:59you can't enter
19:59the office
19:59without a badge.
20:00I called HR.
20:02They told me,
20:03Oh, Natalie,
20:04your replacement badge
20:05is still being processed.
20:08I waited in the lobby
20:09for an hour.
20:11Richard finally
20:12came down himself.
20:14Natalie,
20:14what's going on?
20:15My badge disappeared
20:16and HR says
20:17the replacement
20:18is still in process.
20:20Come up with me.
20:23As we passed
20:24Vanessa's office,
20:25she stood in the doorway
20:26with a furious expression.
20:27I smiled at her.
20:30She looked even angrier.
20:33On Wednesday,
20:34they moved my desk again.
20:36This time,
20:37into a storage room.
20:38Yes,
20:39a storage room.
20:40It was packed
20:41with expired files,
20:43broken printers,
20:44and dusty furniture.
20:45The office coordinator
20:46gave me the same sweet smile.
20:48Space is tight right now, Natalie.
20:49You'll have to make do
20:50for a while.
20:50Sure.
20:56I cleared a corner,
20:58set up my laptop,
20:59and kept working.
21:00People came to stare,
21:02then went back and laughed.
21:03She actually agreed
21:04to work in there.
21:05This is unbelievable.
21:07How desperate
21:08can one person be?
21:09I listened and said nothing.
21:12I simply added another entry
21:14to the list in my head.
21:15Thursday was worse.
21:17I had just sat down
21:18in the company cafeteria
21:20when Vanessa arrived
21:21with a group behind her.
21:23Well,
21:24look who's still employed.
21:27She said loudly enough
21:28for the whole room to hear.
21:30I am.
21:32I heard you're hard dried
21:34and your badge disappeared.
21:36That's right.
21:38And you still come to work?
21:41You must really love this job.
21:44Everyone was watching.
21:46Some laughed.
21:47Others whispered.
21:48I put down my fork
21:49and stood.
21:51Is there something
21:52you need, Vanessa?
21:53Nothing.
21:54I just wanted to remind you
21:55that the holiday party
21:56is coming up.
21:57Do you know
21:58what they announced there?
21:59No.
22:00The termination list.
22:03Want to guess who's on it?
22:06I couldn't say.
22:08She leaned closer
22:09and lowered her voice.
22:10Then let me help you
22:11resign before the holiday party.
22:14Otherwise,
22:15she left the rest hanging.
22:18I smiled.
22:20Thanks for the warning, Vanessa.
22:22What's that supposed to mean?
22:24It means I'll see you
22:25at the holiday party.
22:28I picked up my tray
22:29and walked away.
22:31Behind me,
22:31she shouted,
22:32You're going to regret this, Natalie!
22:34I didn't turn around.
22:36I found a quiet corner,
22:38finished my lunch,
22:39and went back
22:40to the storage room.
22:41Three days left.
22:42Friday,
22:43Saturday,
22:44Sunday.
22:45Then came the holiday party.
22:47I had waited
22:48three months
22:48for that night.
22:50The winter light
22:51was fading
22:51on the day
22:52of the holiday party.
22:53I put on the red dress,
22:55kept my makeup simple,
22:56and arrived
22:57an hour early.
22:59The event was held
23:00in the hotel ballroom
23:01beneath the office tower.
23:04Red carpet,
23:05flowers,
23:06stage,
23:07giant screen.
23:09Employees arrived in groups,
23:10talking and laughing.
23:11I sat in a corner
23:12and waited.
23:15Vanessa came in
23:16at 5.30,
23:17wearing a black suit
23:18and perfect makeup.
23:21People surrounded her
23:23immediately.
23:23Vanessa,
23:24you look incredible tonight.
23:26That outfit
23:26was made for you.
23:28I heard you're getting
23:29the top award this year.
23:32She smiled
23:33and accepted
23:33the compliments.
23:34Then,
23:35she spotted me.
23:36I smiled.
23:39Her expression tightened
23:40before she looked away.
23:42At 5.50,
23:43Regional General Manager
23:45Richard Grant arrived.
23:46He was Vanessa's
23:47direct supervisor
23:48and another one
23:49of my audit targets.
23:50He had falsified
23:51$17,000
23:52in travel expense
23:53over three years.
23:54Not the largest amount,
23:56but serious enough.
24:00Vanessa hurried over.
24:02Richard,
24:02you made it.
24:05He nodded,
24:06looking tense.
24:09He probably knew
24:10that something was coming.
24:12He just didn't know what.
24:14Headquarters
24:15had kept him
24:15in the dark.
24:17The event began
24:18at 6.
24:20Daniel Brooks
24:21from HR
24:21was the host.
24:22Good evening,
24:24everyone,
24:24and welcome
24:24to the North Star
24:25Medical Systems
24:26West Coast Holiday Party.
24:28After the opening remarks,
24:30he invited Richard Uftair.
24:32Richard spoke
24:33for 15 minutes
24:34about growth,
24:35teamwork,
24:36gratitude,
24:37and the future.
24:38The applause
24:39was thin.
24:41Everyone was waiting
24:42for the final item,
24:43corporate investigation
24:44findings
24:45and leadership changes.
24:48At 8.30,
24:49as dinner service
24:50was ending,
24:51the side doors opened.
24:52Howard Wilson
24:53walked into the ballroom,
24:55followed by
24:56the general counsel,
24:57a corporate HR leader,
24:58and the head
24:59of information security.
25:05Daniel's smile frozen.
25:09He looked down
25:10at the revised cue card.
25:15And now,
25:16our final item
25:17of the evening.
25:20His voice tightened.
25:22Please welcome
25:23Natalie Shen,
25:24head of internal audit
25:25at corporate headquarters
25:25to present the findings
25:26of a confidential review
25:27authorized by
25:28the audit committee.
25:29Natalie,
25:30head of internal audit,
25:33the room erupted.
25:35Natalie,
25:36the woman by the restroom?
25:40I thought she was a temp.
25:44She was sent by corporate.
25:51I stood,
25:52smoothed the red skirt,
25:54and walked towards the stage.
25:56As I passed Vanessa,
25:58the color drained
25:59from her face.
26:00I didn't stop.
26:01.
26:03.
26:03.
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