On top of that, Karen had already gotten a promotion to a compliance safety officer while all of this was going on. She was not fixing the problems; instead, she was covering up for the company. Jack’s comment indicated that Miriam already had part of the information necessary to show that the company was operating a death trap.
I returned to the garage, but the decoy envelope from the video was missing; somebody beat me to it and rifled through Jack’s stuff. Underneath a tray of screws, however, I discovered a business card for Miriam at the State Industrial Safety Review Board. On the other side, there was a scribble that read: “If I don’t get to the meeting, then Miriam is the only one who can deliver this to the investigators.”
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The following morning, I made a phone call from the local supermarket using their pay phone, just to be safe. At the very mention of Jack’s name, Miriam’s voice lowered. She made sure that I didn’t sign any papers Nolan brought to me. As we spoke, I watched a black sedan drive slowly through the parking lot. It was Karen, she was following me.
I went directly to Miriam’s office. Once she got all her files together with my flash drive, things started to make sense. They knew that they were putting themselves at risk by operating the machinery, and also falsifying documents. There was one file with an audio of Nolan talking about how Jack was becoming more of a burden and had to be “handled internally.”
My sadness became hatred. I wanted Karen on tape. Once Miriam gave me all that information on the flash drive, I called Karen and pretended to be hysterical, begging her to come over right away.
I hid a recording device in the garage. The minute she entered the garage, she just told me that I was crazy for not signing. I didn’t say anything; I just let her watch the tape of her argument with Jack.
She turned pale. The moment I began naming each file, she crumbled and confessed that she had been lying in her reports because management assured her of a huge promotion. She continued swearing that she did not want Jack dead, but she confessed that she knew very well that his life was in great danger when he decided to reveal the truth.
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I would never forgive her for that. She knew his life was on the line, yet she was standing beside me at her brother’s funeral shedding false tears. I looked straight into her eyes and told her that she wasn’t sorry, but scared of being jailed.
I gave Miriam the tape right away. Before the day was through, the factory had been raided; line seven was closed down, and Nolan was apprehended at the airport. Meanwhile, Karen had been arrested at home for record tampering and obstruction of justice.
Jack’s death certainly wasn’t an accident now, but it’s difficult knowing how to break it to the kids. Melissa wanted to know whether Aunt Karen was evil. I told her that Karen had made poor decisions because fear and greed had taken hold of her.
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