Ryder
Monica had Preston Hale's employment file pulled within an hour, and what we found made my stomach turn in a way none of the previous chaos had managed.
"Two prior terminations for stalking-adjacent behavior," Monica read aloud from her tablet, the six of us and Keira gathered tight around the conference table. "One outlet let him go after he was caught photographing a celebrity's children outside their school. Another after a restraining order was filed by a source he'd been assigned to cover. Somehow he still keeps getting freelance work."
"How does someone with that history end up on our production?" Mason asked, fury barely contained.
"Freelance contributors don't always go through the same vetting as staff," Monica said grimly. "Especially when a production's moving fast an
