[center][color=teal][h2]Jessamyn "Jess" Bailey[/h2][/color][/center]

[color=teal]"I know Roxy has to be here,"[/color] Jess replied. [color=teal]"But please, she doesn't have to be involved with the business. I'm the one you want for that."[/color] It wouldn't work, but she had to say something, just so Roxy would know she had someone on her side.

When Maxwell spoke, his words hit harder than they should have. Leaked information. Of course, that sudden cold surge wasn't her own fear, but that of the two men. On reflex, her eyes flicked to the main source of it, the man who straightened his back. If confidential information was getting out, didn't she have a duty to say? What if it was personal customer or employee data? Then again, what if it was about shady goings on, and this man was in the right? And she had a duty to protect Roxy.

In any case, she'd made it obvious. With her lips pressed together, her shoulders raised, and her eyes on the man, Reginald and Maxwell would put two and two together. Through her tight throat, she spoke up. [color=teal]"Ok, what happened? What kind of information was it?"[/color] she asked. Through the panic, she'd picked up on something else - confusion. A hint that the man wasn't entirely at fault.