Chapter Forty-Two

Niall was on his way to human resources. He decided to tell them what he had done. He felt sorry about the whole situation, and now he knew who the woman was, he felt like a fool.

The first person he saw in the office was Sara Smythe. Sara had her laptop open and was peering at something on the screen with her face quite close to it. She looked at Niall over the lid.

“Sara, I need help. I did something foolish in the heat of the moment and I might be in trouble.”

“That’s not like you. Sit down. Tell me about it.”

He told her what he had done, including the attack on Bethany.

She raised her eyebrows, then smiled and turned her laptop around so he could see the screen.

“It’s still out there. It’s available on a torrent site too. This is not too bad, as things go. It might even do Seth some good, publicity wise. I bet PR is whipping up a cream topping for this one.”

Niall cringed slightly as he saw the AVI he had posted on the screen.

Sara sighed. “Let me call people. The worst part is attacking her in the dark. Wait a moment.”

She picked up her phone and called her contact in PR. Niall listened. When she put the phone down, she smiled at him.

“According to my friend, the whole thing is being turned into a party. Seth is engaged to Bethany Snow. I think your internet antics are moot. My guess is that it will be the physical attack that may get you into trouble” Sara looked him in the eyes. “I’ll say you were with me that night. I’m leaving in a week so it won’t matter to me. I feel like helping you.”

Niall looked surprised. “Everyone knows I’m gay. It wouldn’t stand up. No, I’d better give my resignation.”

Sara frowned in her superficial way. She said, “Okay,” and stood up.

She showed him out of the office and then went to the window to watch him walk away.