CHAPTER 20

friends and foes

POV: Winston

I had his records in my hands.

James Edward Carter.

The twenty eight year old, blonde hair blue eyed graduate from Brown.

Something about that man rubbed me the wrong way and I had contacted the head of the acquisitions team to send me his files, records, reports from his former jobs, letters of recommendation and to get in contact with the referees he had placed in his application form.

So far, two out of three of his referrals didn't exist and the third denied even knowing him.

So far, the only thing credible about him was the fact that he hadgraduated from an Ivy League, his flawless academic records andnearly perfect GPA.

His recommendation letters were fake and there were reports in his files stating that he had been suspected of stealing and selling intel from the software company he used to work at before and he was fired after a fellow colleague alleged that he had sexually assaulted her.

I usually had a say in who was employed into my com