Chapter 4

Only a few top leaders at the company knew who I really was. No one working at this branch had any idea about my background or my real job.

The headquarters kept it that way on purpose.

Right before I started at the branch, the chairman, Billy Jensen, pulled me in for a personal talk about the job. "Claire, we've been watching this branch for three years. But every person we send there to investigate never finds anything."

"Why is that?" I asked.

"The staff there is way too careful. As soon as anyone from headquarters shows up, they stop…