“What does that mean?” I asked.

“Resign tonight,” James said. “Write a letter stating you are leaving for personal reasons.”

“If you do, I will make sure the complaint disappears.”

“And if I don’t?”

James stepped closer, his scent of expensive cologne mixing with the smell of the rain.

“If you don’t, we will hold the hearing tomorrow.”

“And by tomorrow afternoon, your nursing license will be flagged for drug diversion.”

My breath caught in my throat.

“That’s a lie!” I whispered.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a lie,” James said. “The records will show discrepancies in the pediatric medicine inventory.”

“Mark has already taken care of the paperwork.”

“Who do you think the board will believe?”

“An award-winning administrator and the chief donor?”

“Or a nurse who is still recovering from a messy divorce?”

I stared at him, completely horrified.

They had planned this out.

They were going to destroy my entire life just to protect Mark’s construction scam.

Before I could answer, the sliding doors behind James opened again.

A cold gust of wind blew into the lobby.

I looked past James’s shoulder.