Chapter 2

“Ms. Casper. How nice to see you, honey. Isn’t it exciting?”

“What’s that, Mrs. Grayson?” Melody Casper looked up from her oversized purse and smiled at the shorter woman. Mrs. Grayson was a fixture at the company watering hole. Well, it was actually an exclusive, organic coffee and pastry shop.

“Well, now that we have addressed all external threats to our accounts with this improved firewall from Draco Fortis and Graves Enterprises, I expect you are sleeping better these days. Oooh, are those cranberry scones, dear?” Mrs. Grayson, a softly rounded woman in her mid-sixties smiled with her sharp little teeth showing as she spoke to Melody.

“yes, ma’am, I think they are,” a management accountant for Merlin Banking Solutions, Melody Casper was responsible for verifying whether or not certain projects were worth the risk to her company.