Chapter 195 Don't Even Think of Running Away

Carol slumped on the floor. She heard nothing about Frances or a secretary-general when she agreed to take the job.

She wasn't educated, so she didn't understand some of what they were talking about, but she wasn't stupid—a man who could command such deference from Kreil was surely someone important.

She dared not speak. She tried to sneak away amid the arguments, but Aria had persistently blocked her path, whether intentionally or not.

Carol looked at Aria resentfully.

Aria said with a smile, "We have both the plaintiff and the defendant—myself—here. Chief Green, Mr. Yaeger, and Mr. Murray, I'll have to trouble you with something. Please interrogate both of us at the same time."

That was what Jacob was most afraid of. If they were to be interrogated simultaneously, everything would eventually surface!

Lucas studied Frances' face and spoke with the air of someone in an important position. "What do you think, Frances?"

Lucas wanted to gauge the severity of corruption in South