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Chapter 5

Penulis: Dulcie Rose
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-10-20 00:33:45

STOP INVESTIGATING, OR YOUR FATHER'S FATE WILL BE YOURS.

I read the message again, then saved a screenshot.

Whoever sent it knew about my investigation. That meant someone inside Crosswell was watching me.

I called my lawyer.

"Find out who owns this number. And I need access to my father's old company records."

"Any particular reason?"

"Someone is trying to stop me from finding something."

I ended the call before he could ask more questions.

By ten that morning, I was in Crosswell's archive room, searching through dusty boxes of inspection reports. Most contained ordinary paperwork until I found a folder marked CW-7149.

The same shipment number.

I opened it.

The report was nearly two years old. Several pages were missing, but the remaining ones showed that a shipment travelling through Port Mason had been flagged for incomplete safety documentation.

At the bottom was my father's signature.

Beneath it, a warning had been typed in bold letters.

DO NOT AUTHORIZE FURTHER MOVEMENT UNTIL INDEPENDENT REVIEW IS COMPLETE.

My fingers tightened around the paper.

My father had ordered that route stopped. Yet the same route was active again, carrying chemicals nobody seemed willing to identify.

Who had allowed it to move?

I checked the next page.

A note stated that the original report had been transferred to the executive office. No name. No explanation.

I searched the company database for the missing file.

ACCESS RESTRICTED.

I tried again with my executive credentials.

ACCESS DENIED.

Then I noticed the access history.

Someone had opened the file that morning using an account belonging to the executive office.

Daniel's office.

My phone rang.

"What are you doing in the archive?" Daniel demanded.

"Good morning to you too."

"You're interfering with a major contract. Release the Port Mason shipment."

"Why was my father's inspection report hidden?"

Silence.

"Your father handled sensitive business, Evelyn. You don't understand what you're looking at."

"Then explain it to me."

"Stop digging through old records and release the shipment."

"No."

His voice hardened. "You're making a mistake."

He hung up.

I stared at my phone. He hadn't denied accessing the file, and he hadn't explained why my father's warning had disappeared.

An email arrived.

Martin, the archive clerk, had found another document behind an old cabinet. I opened the photograph attached to his message.

My father's handwriting covered the page.

IF THIS ROUTE BECOMES ACTIVE AGAIN, DO NOT TRUST THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION RECORDS. SOMEONE HAS BEEN CHANGING THEM.

Beneath the warning was a name.

Graham Pike.

A knock sounded at the door.

I barely had time to minimize the document before Graham walked in.

"I hear you've been reviewing old records," he said.

"I have."

"Some of those documents are incomplete. You shouldn't draw conclusions without understanding the circumstances."

"Then help me understand this."

I turned the screen toward him.

His eyes settled on my father's note.

For a moment, he didn't move.

"Why is your name here, Graham?"

He glanced at the closed door.

"Your father wasn't the only person who wanted that shipment stopped."

"Who else?"

He rubbed his forehead.

"I can't explain everything here."

"Then start with something."

Before he could answer, my laptop chimed.

A new transport order had arrived.

Shipment CW-7149 was scheduled to leave the following morning. Its destination was a water-treatment facility outside Port Mason.

The authorization carried Daniel's approval.

My phone buzzed.

June had sent a message.

THE DRIVER IS HERE. HE SAYS HE HAS ORDERS TO COLLECT THE REMAINING CONTAINERS.

I grabbed my coat.

"Nobody moves those containers," I told Graham. "I'm going to Port Mason."

He stepped aside, but as I reached the door, his voice stopped me.

"There's something else your father discovered."

I turned.

"What?"

Graham swallowed.

"He believed that shipment was connected to the accident that changed everything."

My grip tightened around my bag.

"What accident?"

He looked straight at me.

"The one your father died trying to investigate."

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