Boxed Set: Seduced For Revenge (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Missy Shade Page A

and the mention of your company in his notebook . ”
     
    A few minutes later, the policeman returned with the notebook and a copy of the note Thomas Brown had left behind. Koltan thanked the officer who warned him not to let the notebook out of his site. He left the police department more anxious than ever and curious to know what Thomas Brown had to do with Harmon Gray.
     
    As soon as he was inside the car he opened the ma n’ s diary. It was dated the exact year the Fischer Industries had the scandal. It seemed, according to the notes, Thomas was in financial trouble when he got a call about a potential story.
     
    Fifteen years ag o …
     
    “ This is Reporter Brown ,” Thomas was sitting at his desk when the call came in on his cell phone.
     
    He was working for an up and coming newspaper called the Daily Business Report, which carried mostly business stories. He was a young reporter, known for his eagerness to get the news first. He was young and hot-blooded, eager and hungry to make a name for himself.
     
    “ I have some news that will make your day ,” the man on the line said.
     
    “ Who is this ?” He asked.
     
    “ Do n’ t worry about that. There are two thousand dollars in it for you if you run this story ,” the man said.
     
    Thomas thought about his car payments, his rent and the ring he wanted to buy to propose to his girlfriend. Two thousand dollars would go a long way to getting him out of trouble. He agreed to meet the man and get the information needed to print the story as soon as possible
     
    He met Eli and a couple other people who told him that Fischer Industries had sold inferior products that caused medical problems. There was a woman involved named Marcy, who showed him rashes on her face from the moisturizer she was using.
     
    He ran the story with a photo of Marc y’ s rash. Soon after the CEO of Fischer was voted out, and the company handed over to another man, the one who wrote him the check. Soon after Edward Fischer committed suicide and Thomas was deeply affected by it so he started digging. Marcy admitted that she also was paid by Harmon to lie and that the rash was makeup done by a professional makeup artist. The others involved also admitted to it, however, when he tried to return the check to Harmon the man would not accept it. Harmon threatened to have him lose his job and everything taken away from him if he ran a retraction.
     
    Thomas lost his girlfriend, his car and apartment, was assaulted and warned to keep his mouth shut. He lived with the guilt for so many years but could no longer endure the guilt that he was instrumental in causing a man to take his own life.
     
    As Koltan read the book his heart sank as realization dawned on him. According to Thomas, it was all a setup to get rid of Edward and the mastermind behind it was no other than his own father. There were a few blank pages and then he found another set of notes, undated.
     
     
    I was sent to cover the story of a businessman who was on the roof of an apartment building. The atmosphere was very tense when I arrived. I had no idea who it was but I watched as the crowd gathered and the police tried to control everyone. The fire department was already there and soon after an ambulance arrived.
     
    I inched closer to the building and tried to get a good look at the person on the edge of the building, except, the afternoon sun glare blinded my eyes, preventing me from seeing clearly. So I asked someone next to me if she knew who it was. The woman, about twenty three, blond and pretty, told it was the man named Edward Fischer.
     
    I felt like I wanted to faint. Tha t’ s when I knew something was wrong. It was my gut telling me. Before I could ask more questions the man was falling through the air. I closed my eyes to shut it out, but I could hear the thud and then a crack as his body hit the pavement and his head cracked, as I would later learn.
     
    What I also learned that day was that his eleven