“Sir, I wish I was, but I’m not. Federal Agents came in earlier and said they were given a tip that you were purchasing kiddie vids on the company computer-”

“What the fuck are kiddie vids? Cartoons? Why would the FBI be in my office about some damn cartoons?” Jermaine asked genuinely confused.

Cassidy dropped her head and sighed. If she knew nothing at all, she knew that Jermaine Shelton had no interest in the footage found on his computer. No, he was too much of a ladies’ man for that. She didn’t want to be the person to deliver the bad news to him. Since she was unable to reach Malcolm, it looked like she would be delivering the devastating blow.

“No, Sir. Kiddie vids are not cartoons. It’s child p-,”

Cassidy hadn’t even said the entire word before Jermaine leaped from his seat. He knew his assistant hadn’t implied that anything of that nature would be found on his work computer or any electronic device.

“Cassidy, say psych right now. This is a joke, right? You’re playing on my fucking phone, right?” Jermaine screamed so loud that Cassidy dropped her phone.

Rage, unlike anything he ever experienced, made him sweat and tremble.

“Sir, I might tell a joke, but I won’t tell a lie. The computer analyst says he’s recovered over four hundred images of minors on your system. They’ve confiscated all our work cell phones and they’re boxing up your computer as we speak. I had to sneak to the parking garage to call you from my cheating phone,” Cassidy admitted.

If the situation wasn’t so dire, Jermaine would’ve laughed because he knew she was telling the God’s honest truth. The prepaid Tracfone that she purchased from Family Dollar, was kept in her center console and only used to call men that weren’t her husband.

“Sir, you gave me this job straight out of high school. Not many people were willing to give a single mother a chance, but you did. I’m always going to look out for you and Mrs. Eden. I know you didn’t do what they’re accusing you of, but they’re still accusing you. I’m just giving you a heads up,” Cassidy said somberly before ending the call.

“What the Fuck!” Jermaine screamed as he threw his office phone against the wall.

He trembled uncontrollably as he fought to make sense of what his assistant had just shared with him. His uncontrollable anger made him throw anything within range. Grabbing and smashing everything in sight.

Eden stood in the hallway as Jermaine yelled obscenities. The entire ordeal was comical to her.

“Jermaine what is going on?” Eden shouted as she rushed into the office as if she weren’t just standing down the hall laughing like a lunatic. She paused when she stepped into the office. It was completely trashed.