CIVILIAN RESCUER: ELENA HART.
Vivian’s smile vanished.
Daniel continued.
“She went back inside after the ceiling had already begun collapsing. She found me unconscious and dragged me toward the stairwell.”
Elena raised her head.
For the first time that evening, she did not turn the scarred side of her face away from the guests.
Daniel looked toward the tables.
“Half this room works for me.”
A company logo appeared on the screen.
CROSS HOLDINGS.
Several guests went pale.
Daniel Cross was not a junior consultant.
He was the founder and controlling owner of the corporation employing many of the executives, bankers and contractors seated before him.
At the VIP table, attorney Samuel Pierce opened a laptop.
Beside him lay a black folder filled with loan agreements, falsified safety reports and signatures copied from Elena’s medical documents.