From Wife to Aunt: His Worst Nightmare novel Chapter 41

Not long after Steve left, my phone rang. It was a call from Claire.

"Zara, how are you doing exactly? You were so vague when you asked for leave yesterday. How bad is your foot injury? Will it affect your work?"

She fired off a string of questions. At the end of the day, she was just worried I wouldn't be able to finish the job.

After all, I was the only one with the interview material from yesterday at Griffin Group, and this incident was still developing. News timeliness was crucial.

I told her about the surgery, then said, "I'll finish the work on time. I'll send the article to your email before noon."

After ending the call with Claire, I opened the note-taking app on my phone and started writing the report about the suicide of the migrant worker under Griffin Group.

After two days of Steve's efforts, the Griffin Group's PR team and paid commentators had already flipped public opinion around.

Almost everyone had forgotten about the migrant worker who had taken his own life out of despair after not being paid for six months. Instead, most people were now praising Griffin Group for taking responsibility and acting decisively.

After all, Steve had compensated each worker with double their wages. On top of that, Isabel had personally gone to the construction site to offer her condolences.

All of this made it seem as though Griffin Group truly cared about its rank-and-file employees.

Some people even started steering the narrative, saying that the worker who ended his own life was mentally weak, impulsive, and extreme—that his death was his own fault.

If he'd just lived on like everyone else, wouldn't he also have received Griffin Group's compensation?

In my article, I reminded readers that without this worker's incident, the issue would never have been exposed to the public, nor would it have attracted attention from Griffin Group's top management.

Although the others had received the wages they were owed, no amount of money could ever bring the victim, who was barely 40 years old, back to life.

After finishing the first draft, I sent it to Claire.

Ten minutes later, she replied, "No revision needed. I'll arrange for it to be published right now."

Very soon, my article shot straight onto the trending list.

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