Todos los capítulos de I Wouldn't Let Her In: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

The conference room went silent for several seconds.Tessa Ford's eyes immediately filled with tears."Am I putting you in a difficult position? I'm sorry. I only thought living closer to the office would make late-night revisions easier."The product manager beside me spoke quietly."Maya, that apartment usually sits empty anyway."Someone else joined in."It's only a few months. Tessa's still working this hard while pregnant. It hasn't been easy for her."Victor Hale sat at the head of the table, tapping two fingers against the surface."Maya, we're at a critical stage of the project. Supporting one another as a team isn't a bad thing."I looked at him."Victor, if an employee is being asked to provide private housing to another employee, does that need to be reported and documented with Compliance?"He frowned."There's no need to make it that complicated.""Then it's even less appropriate."I capped my pen."The apartment is my private property. It isn't a project re

The night before the bid closed, Victor suddenly told me to go to the client's East District office."The client has a clarification letter the project lead needs to sign off on in person."Round trip should take half an hour."I looked at the copied recipients on the email.Adrian was included in the client communication group.The comments flooded my vision.[It's a setup to get you out of the way.][They're going into your apartment.][Don't go alone. Take Legal. Share your location.]I turned to Leah."Come with me."Victor's expression immediately soured."Why are you bringing Legal? The client will think we don't trust them."Leah clipped on her ID badge."During bid closing, Legal has to be present for any in-person sign-off."Victor said nothing else.On the way to the East District, I recorded the entire trip and shared my live location.When we reached the client's lobby, reception told us the person we were supposed to meet had just left.We called.The as

The police arrived quickly.The lead investigator was a female detective, Elena Morris.Her first action was to clear the hallway.Every coworker filming at the door was sent downstairs.Property management, the locksmith, Leah, Adrian, Victor, and I were all separated and interviewed.Tessa had already been taken to the hospital, and officers were assigned there at the same time to preserve medical evidence.I stayed outside the apartment.I didn't set foot inside.Detective Morris looked at me."Why aren't you going in?""I don't want to disturb the scene."She studied me for a moment."You seem familiar with the process.""I manage projects."I know what preserving the original condition means."Leah submitted the certified video, the access-control changes, the refund memo, and the compliance disclosure email one by one.Victor looked worse with every document."Maya, if you already thought there was a risk, why didn't you warn the company earlier?"I looked at hi

Before dawn, the company servers were secured and preserved for investigation.I was temporarily suspended.Victor personally sent the notice.The wording was polished."To facilitate the investigation, Maya Quinn's project access is temporarily suspended."No one openly attacked me in the main project group anymore.Screenshots from smaller private chats still reached my phone."Even if the baby had already died, Maya isn't innocent. What normal person sets a honeypot in advance?""She obviously knew her boyfriend was cheating and waited for the perfect chance to trap them.""Tessa's situation is awful, but Maya is scary too. She's way too calculating."I forwarded the screenshots to Leah."You're not angry?" she asked."I am.""Then why are you so calm?""Because it's not time for me to be angry yet."The next afternoon, the preliminary digital-forensics report arrived.The honeypot file had been opened three times.First, through the fake network environment create

ClearPeak's clarification statement came quickly.The company confirmed that I had not leaked any project materials.The file transmitted from my home network had been a controlled security honeypot.Evidence that Tessa illegally entered my residence had been turned over to the police.Riverton Digital suspended Adrian.Police then took him in for investigation.The financial crimes unit also examined Riverton's servers.For several days, the entire industry talked about the case.Some people still said I had gone too far."Tessa already lost the baby. She still has to go to prison?""Adrian's a scumbag, but Maya set a trap before anything happened. She isn't exactly harmless.""If she'd just lent the apartment in the first place, none of this would've happened."Leah sent me screenshots of the comments.Her hands were shaking with anger."I'm going to go after every one of them.""No need."That evening, every person spreading false accusations received a legal notice.