I stared at the lawyer.
“I don’t understand.”
Daniel folded his hands.
“For the last six months, Mr. Harris has suspected that his two sons have been taking money from the company. He no longer trusts anyone inside the business.”
“And me?”
“He has been testing you for eight months.”
I stared at him.
“What do you mean, testing me?”
“He gave you confidential files and watched to see whether you shared them. He had extra money offered to you to see whether you would take it. He watched whether you repeated private conversations to other employees.”
I stood up, furious.
“So this whole time I was being tested?”
“Yes. And I think he handled it very badly.”
The lawyer turned another document toward me.
“But last night, he made his final decision.”
I looked down.Director of Trust and Compliance.
The salary was nearly three times what I currently made.
