House of Secrets

Chapter 6

After reading his reply I immediately dashed out the door of my apartment and went to the NEWSIGHT building.

"I would like to talk with James McMire," I told the person at the front desk.

"May I have your name miss?" the person asked.

"My name is Aria Smithe." I stated. I was surprised that the receptionist didn't recognize me considering I had just left a few hours ago.

"I don't see your name on the list for appointments today with Mr. McMire." the receptionist stated in a polite manner.

"You could call Mr. McMire. He should be expecting me. Since I just planned on coming last minute, he must have not had the time to have told the front counter yet." I said in a more composed way than the first time.

After a few minutes of thought, the front receptionist called Mr. McMire through the phone at the front counter.

"You can go up now," she stated, not bothering to look at me. "Thank you," I said while trying to sound as polite as I possibly could.

(A/N: left side is Aria, right side is Mr. McMire)

"Hello, Mr. McMire, I've come to see if you have had any change of mind."

"I will let you know Ms. Smithe, that coming here to my office again does not change my opinion. I clearly told you that I will not be giving you any more information than I already have told you."

"Here's the thing. My piece will be in The New York Times anyways. It does not matter if your explanation is in it or not. If you think that I'm being very rude right now. I will have you know that I am simply doing my job."

After some thought, Mr. McMire finally replied to what I said.

"Miss Smithe I will let you know that that letter is a serious problem. Nevertheless, let you know my side of the story. In the year 1903 when we were still working on the project, your grandmother got promoted and got a raise."

"So, let me just go over the information one more time. You write a threat letter to my grandmother because of jealousy?"

"Yes, I wrote the letter out of jealousy and did not take it seriously at the time. I will have you know that I have not taken any action according to the letter."

So, he wrote the letter out of jealousy?

I was confused at the time when I had just finished listening to him. Why would he suddenly tell me the so-called 'Truth' if he kept on denying before? After some thought, I realized the reason behind why he told me about him writing the letter. It hit me, if I were to put the letter in my report without an explanation, there was no doubt that he would lose his job immediately. In NYC, no one who was of such a high level in a company was allowed to write threats. They clearly left the letter out of the background check that they had on him when he was getting the position of CEO, and he simply could not risk the 'threat letter' being on the news. But how could he be so sure that I wouldn't still just put the letter in my report?' I thought. I knew he wasn't planning on giving me any more information than I had already heard. So, satisfied with the answer I got I left the building back to my apartment. I kept on contemplating whether I should put his response into the report or if I should just leave it out of the story in general.

As soon as I finished the report that I was writing I sent it to my manager to look over it for me.

Dear Aria,

I am thrilled to let you know that I was very impressed with your report on Valerie Smithe. I will have you know that your report will be published in The New York Times in a few days.

From the office of Olivia Richards

I was exhilarated when I heard the news that my report was getting published. I was so happy that my grandmother's "forgotten" story was finally going to be seen around the world.

Now the world would know what happened.