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I'm no Scapegoat, I'm Your Boss

I'm no Scapegoat, I'm Your Boss

Short Story · Emotional Realism
By:  The Solitary KiteCompleted
Language: English
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Workplace

Feel-Good Story

Plot Twists

Multiple Identities

Girl Power

Gold prices had recently crashed, and five hundred thousand dollars' worth of purchase reserves had vanished from the branch's accounts. Jane Lynch, the department manager, threw a report in my face. "Mavis Gomez! We sent you to buy equipment, and you used the money to trade gold? The chairman is inspecting the branch this afternoon. Sign this confession now, and the company might still put in a good word for you." Thomas Jones, the branch manager, stood beside her and tapped the table. "You're an intern with no connections. Where did you find the audacity to do such a thing?" My coworkers were already blaming me in the company group chat for costing them their year-end bonuses. [Interns these days have some nerves! She always looked so meek, but to think she would steal company money!] I knew Jane and Thomas had used the money to trade gold. They just wanted to use a nobody like me to take the blame. I looked down at the report bearing my forged signature and burst out laughing. They had no idea that the chairman everyone described as ruthless and merciless had made me a sandwich that morning and begged me to cut my internship short and come home to take over the family business.

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10 Chapters
Chapter 1
I pushed the papers back to the center of the desk and pointed to the signature in the lower right corner. "This isn't my handwriting. Even the first stroke is wrong. Five hundred thousand dollars isn't a small amount. The person who took it knows where it goes the best. All we need to do is to check the transaction records, and it'll show you where the money went." I reached for my phone as soon as I finished. At the same time, Jane's expression changed. She lunged across the desk and snatched it away. "Mavis, you're nothing but a poor country bumpkin! You still have the nerve to argue with me!" I tried to grab it back, but her nails dug into the back of my hand. I let go and turned my wrist away from her, using this chance to press the button on the side of my smartwatch. The audio recording began. Last Friday night, I stayed late to organize the reports. When I passed by the office, I caught Thomas and Jane on the sofa with their clothes unkempt. The panic on their fac
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Chapter 2
Howard, the finance manager, answered with eager obedience. "I'll bring someone over and check right away." Less than three minutes later, Howard entered the office with Kevin, the manager for the purchasing department. They closed the door behind them and lowered the blinds. Jane slammed the forged confession onto the desk and spoke quietly to Howard. "Transfer fifty thousand dollars into Mavis's account. Mark it as payment for gold so the money trail looks legitimate." Howard nodded and pulled out his phone. "Understood. I'll use a personal account so it can't be traced back to the company." Kevin joined as well. "I've prepared two different versions of the contract. Once she puts her thumbprint on the confession, she'll be personally responsible for the entire shortfall. The branch will have nothing to do with this, as it will be treated as her personal actions." I watched the three of them plot in front of me, stunned by the sheer ridiculousness of it all. "You're forgi
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Chapter 3
The two security guards stepped forward and grabbed my arms, one on my left and one on my right. They dragged me down the hall roughly. Once they threw me inside the records room, they locked the metal door behind me. The sound of locks and chains echoed in the empty hallway. One guard shouted through the door. "Stay put! When the chairman gets here, you'll get what you deserve!" I pounded on the door. "This is unlawful imprisonment! You can't hold me here! This is against the law!" No one answered me. All I could hear was their footsteps fading down the hall. The records room had no windows to the outside, only one light bulb on the ceiling. I leaned against a metal shelf and checked my smartwatch. It was still recording. At noon, I could hear the sound of high-heels getting closer to the metal door. Jane held up a sheet of paper and waved it outside. "Mavis, your resume says your parents live far out in the countryside, right? I've already found their address." Sh
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Chapter 4
All four guards charged me at once inside the record room. Two grabbed my arms, twisted them behind my back, and slammed me against the wall. "Stop moving, or I'll kill you!" Their hands clamped around my wrists and wrenched my arms higher. My wrists started bleeding, and my joints hurt from being squeezed as they almost popped. I fought back as best I could and drove my heel down on one guard's toes. "Get off me! You're helping them commit a crime!" The security guard cursed and tightened his grip. The confession letter fell to the floor, and they were even stepped on quite a few times. Jane walked forward, grabbed my hair, and forced my head back. With her other hand, she seized mine and dragged it toward the ink pad. "You don't have a choice! You're taking the blame today, whether you like it or not!" - The elevator indicator at the end of the hall lit up. Thomas straightened his tie and hurried over to greet the inspection team. Branch employees had packed the are
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Chapter 5
The entire hallway fell silent. Thomas's eager smile instantly froze, and his eyes widened. Jane's hand began to shake. She released my arm so quickly that she twisted her ankle and nearly fell. My father ignored them. His eyes scanned the crowd and stopped on the bloody marks around my wrists, and his face hardened even more. "Who gave you permission to touch my daughter?" Before Thomas could answer, my father drove a hard kick into his chest. There was a huge bang, and he flew backward into the glass door behind him. He clutched his chest as he slid down to the floor, struggling to breathe. All of the other employees stepped back in shock. No one dared to help him. "Daughter...? Mavis is the chairman's daughter?" "Holy… She's the heiress to the company?" "Then Thomas... Doesn't that mean..." The other employees who had demanded my arrest moments earlier turned pale. All they wanted to do was to find a hole to hide in. Jane's knees gave out as she collapsed onto
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Chapter 6
"Mr. Gomez, everyone in the company knows Mavis is good with computers!" Thomas forced himself to stay calm and pointed to the report in the lead auditor's hands. He pushed himself off the floor and tried to reclaim the authority of a general manager. "She must have stolen my administrator password and altered the records to frame me!" Jane's eyes lit up. She collapsed to her knees and burst into tears. "Mr. Gomez, you have to help us! Mavis hid her identity and came to the branch. Maybe she embezzled the money herself, then stole my password and changed the data when she realized she might be caught!" I pulled over a chair, sat down, and crossed my legs. "I'm the only heiress to the Gomez Group. Why would I steal a mere five hundred thousand dollars?" Thomas used that opportunity and immediately said, "She may not need money, but young people do reckless things for the thrill of it. Maybe she traded gold and lost everything!" He put on a pained expression. "She may have pa
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Chapter 7
After a raging roar, a woman stormed into the office with a boy and four large men. A security guard tried to stop them, but one of the men shoved him to the floor. The woman spotted Jane, who was standing beside Thomas, and charged forward and slapped her. The slap was loud enough to echo through the office. Jane screamed and stumbled into a potted tree, knocking it over. "You shameless witch!" The woman was none other than Donna, Thomas's wife. She pointed at Jane, yelling, "You used the company money my husband stole to buy limited-edition purses, and you still have the nerve to play innocent?!" Jane covered her swollen cheek. Her hair had fallen loose, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth. She screamed and ducked behind Thomas, clutching the back of his suit. "Thomas, help me! I'm carrying your child! You promised you'd divorce that hag and marry me. You can't abandon me now!" The employees all erupted in discussion, many of them completely shocked to fin
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Chapter 8
At the same time, Howard, who was restrained at the corner, finally broke. He looked at Thomas being pinned to the floor, then at the hotel records scattered around them, and knew it was all over. If he kept resisting, he could spend the rest of his life in prison, too. He collapsed on the floor and crawled forward. "Sir! Ma'am! I confess! I'll tell you everything! Thomas forced me to do it. I had no choice. He threatened to fire me if I refused!" Thomas jerked his head up and glared at him, his eyes red. "You're lying! When did I ever force you? You stole the money. Don't drag me down with you!" Howard pulled out his phone with shaking hands and opened a hidden audio file. "Change every approval step to that intern's name. Once it's done, I'll give you thirty thousand dollars. If you can't handle something this simple, you're fired tomorrow." Thomas's voice rang clearly through the hall as Howard played the recording. It proved that he had ordered the changes and threatene
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Chapter 9
The lead federal officer walked up to Thomas and unfolded the sealed document with a stern expression. "Thomas Jones and Jane Lynch, we have received a report that you may have embezzled a large amount of company funds." He held the document in front of Thomas. "This domestic account, verified in Thomas's name, was linked to the offshore account. The international tracing report has just been completed." Thomas saw his own name on the record and froze. His confidence vanished, replaced by terror. "Impossible! The person from the black market said the account couldn't be traced! How could it lead back to me?" As his last hope collapsed, he shook his head and kept repeating that it was impossible. I stepped forward and opened a video the auditors had sent to my phone. I held the screen in front of him. "You may as well see exactly how you were caught." The video showed Thomas wearing sunglasses and a mask while completing the offshore account's verification process at a b
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Chapter 10
Three months later… The judge struck the gavel, and the sound echoed through the courtroom. "Thomas Jones and Jane Lynch are found guilty of misappropriating company funds, embezzlement, and criminal intimidation. The evidence is conclusive, and the sentences will be combined." The judge read the final ruling in his stern voice. "Thomas Jones is sentenced to fifteen years in prison, and all his personal assets will be confiscated. Jane Lynch is sentenced to twelve years in prison and fined. The sentences take effect immediately." Thomas and Jane sat at the defense table in their orange jumpsuits. In the short three months, most of Thomas's hair had turned white, and he had begun to become crooked. Jane looked worse. Her face was hollow, and none of her old arrogance remained. They turned toward me in the public gallery and began to sob. "Mavis, we know what we did was wrong... Please, give us another chance..." Their regret came too late. Their tears meant nothing to
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