"Audrey?" Whitney sat in the Sheldon Group office, her brow furrowed in surprise, "Sorry, I hardly know you. Why should we meet?"
"What if I have something I want to discuss with you?" Audrey sneered.
Whitney raised an eyebrow. "And what's that?"
"Something involving you, me, and someone else," Audrey quickly added, noticing Whitney's impatience. "Oh, right. You reported your best friend, Tiana Melford, missing to the police, didn't you?"
Whitney's suspicion spiked. "How do you know about that?"
"Let's just say I know a lot more. I have some things to tell you, but it's up to you if you want to listen. Meet me at the Sheldon Group!"
With that, Audrey hung up.
Whitney held her phone, lost in thought...
What did Audrey want to talk about?
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After hanging up, Audrey jumped into her newly purchased Tesla and sped towards the Sheldon Group.
As she drove through a newly developed area called Emperor City, her brakes suddenly failed.
Realizing something was wrong, Audrey frantically tried to stop the car, but it crashed into a construction site's steel rods.
The sharp rods pierced through the windshield in an instant.
"Ah!" Audrey screamed, eyes wide in horror.
She tried to reverse, but the brake system seemed to be controlled, relentlessly pushing her forward.
"No, please...it hurts!"
Blood quickly soaked her, until a steel rod completely impaled her, suspending her body in the air.
As darkness enveloped her vision, a gush of blood sprayed from her nose.
Her eyes widened in disbelief as her car spun out of control.
She knew... this was no accident.
Why did the brakes suddenly fail? This car was a gift from Bryce!
Bryce... He was terrifying.
She was just about to tell Whitney about his dark side, and he had attacked her!
Filled with indignation, she knew she was dying.
In a frenzy, Audrey managed to pull out her phone and typed Whitney's number: Bryce is...
But she couldn't finish. Her hand slowly dropped to the ground as the car's engine caught fire.
Knowing her end was near, she used the last of her strength to throw her phone into the steel rods of the building.
With eyes wide open, Audrey took her last breath, consumed by unresolved anger.
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At the Sheldon Group.
After Audrey's call, Whitney was immediately pulled into a meeting with senior management.
By the time she remembered Audrey's intention to meet, it was already time to leave. Whitney wasn't fond of Audrey and felt no need to return her call.
She was about to check in on her sons, who were staying with the Lippert family, when Cody burst in, "Miss, there's a distraught middle-aged woman in the lobby insisting on seeing you. She's causing quite a scene, claiming you're responsible for her daughter's death and demanding justice!"
Whitney froze, puzzled, "Her daughter? Who?"
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