I sat still afterward.

Her voice had been part of my everyday life for seven years.

I used to hear criticism and immediately search for what I could improve.

Now I heard fear hiding beneath the insults.

PART 11: THE WAITRESS FROM HARBOR HOUSE

The first major break in the financial investigation came from a hotel employee named Lila Chen, not from the executive office.

Lila managed guest services at Harbor House, the smallest of our properties.