Left for Dead Came Back for Everything novel Chapter 141

Eliza Shaw stared at the debt collection text.

Long press - mark as spam.

Lock screen.

She placed her phone face down on the armrest of the sofa.

Leave the debt collection to the law. Mr. Sterling would submit the handwriting analysis materials first thing tomorrow morning, and the results would be out in ten business days. Until then, if the other party took any extreme measures, she would call the police.

She had thought this path through very clearly.

The only thing she could do now was make her work flawless.

Eliza picked up her pen again.

The roster was still open to Yvonne Vance's page. She read through the review comments she had just written from beginning to end—the wording was precise and the arguments were solid, but it wasn't enough.

She knew Jane York had looked into her background, and she knew Jane had been in the industry for a long time. It was possible Jane had heard about her feud with Yvonne. Her judgment had to be ironclad.

After a moment of thought, her pen touched the paper again, her handwriting neat:

[Supplementary Note 1: Missing referrer information. The candidate's referral source in the roster is only marked as "Internal Referral," with no signed review from the referrer and no attached reasons for the recommendation. This does not comply with the standardized nomination process for the core creative team of Echoes of the Valley.]

[It is recommended that the production team verify the referral channels to confirm if there is a conflict of interest.]

The tip of the pen paused for a second.

Then continued.

[Supplementary Note 2: There is a major discrepancy in the candidate's health information. According to public information known to the undersigned, this candidate has recently publicly announced her pregnancy.]

She stopped and recalled the details.

Yvonne had personally pulled out that ultrasound in the lobby of Riverport Medical Center, right in front of her, Mrs. Eleanor Roth, and dozens of onlookers.

Eliza continued writing:

[The candidate publicly displayed an ultrasound scan in the lobby of Riverport Medical Center on (Date) (witnesses present included her fiancé's mother and multiple bystanders), claiming to be pregnant.]

[However, her health status in this roster is marked as "Excellent," with the note "Extremely cooperative, ready to join the cast at any time"—a severe contradiction exists between the two.]

[The choreography in Echoes of the Valley involves extensive high-wire work, rapid spins, flips, and prolonged high-intensity physical exertion. If the candidate is indeed pregnant, these actions will pose irreversible safety risks to both the mother and the fetus.]

[If the candidate is not pregnant and her stated health condition is true, then her previous public statements involve falsifying personal information.]

[Based on these two supplementary points: Rejected in the preliminary screening.]

She drew the final period.

Eliza placed the pen on the roster and reviewed it from top to bottom one more time.

It was a voice message from Jane.

Eliza tapped it. Jane's voice came through the speaker—calm, rational, and devoid of unnecessary emotion.

"Excellent. This is exactly the kind of judgment I want to see. Maintaining objectivity and professionalism with a candidate where there's a conflict of interest is even rarer than being a great choreographer."

"The roster has been forwarded to Sean Sherwood's team. Your review comments will be included in the joint assessment. See you at the tech center next Monday."

The message ended.

Eliza put down her phone and leaned back into the sofa.

Looking at the white daisies on the windowsill, she suddenly felt the suffocating weight that had been pressing on her chest all day ease up just a little.

Not much.

But enough for her to breathe.

...

The Roth Estate.

At 6:40 in the morning, the sky wasn't fully bright yet.

Eleanor pushed open the door to the second-floor guest room, carrying a bowl of warm chicken soup.