Chapter 16 - Clarissa Betrays Emilio To Save Her Own Skin
Sitting inside the sterile interview room of the federal field office, Clarissa clutched a paper cup of water with shaking hands. Agent Miller slid a cooperation agreement across the metal table, offering her a reduced sentence in exchange for complete testimony.
“Emilio planned the entire embezzlement scheme from the beginning; I was just following his orders as a subordinate partner,” Clarissa lied smoothly. She signed her name at the bottom of the document without a single second of hesitation or loyalty.
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“You’re throwing me under the bus after everything we planned?!” Emilio shouted from the holding cell next door through the bars. Clarissa didn't even turn her head to look at him, her survival instinct overriding every vestige of their partnership.
Greed had brought them together, and cowardice was tearing them apart under federal lights.
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