293 Taking The Fall

(Jayden)

One week later

I’m sitting at the kitchen table, staring at the newspaper in front of me. The headline is bold and in your face—Nexus Global CEO To Be Charged With Espionage. It’s all over the news. Every channel, every site I click on, every radio station.

Gus is going down for crimes against the country, and not just here. Five European countries have filed charges too.

I can’t wrap my head around it. The world thinks he’s some international criminal mastermind, but I know better. He’s not innocent, but he’s not guilty of what they’re saying either. He played the game, yeah, but he was working from the inside to take down the real scum.

And now he’s branded a traitor.

There’s a knock at the door. I’m half expecting it to be reporters or someone else here to shove a camera in my face asking about him. I push back from the table, heading for the door.

When I swing it open, I’m surprised to see Gus standing there. He looks calm, collected, like he always does. But there’s some