After my round of questions, I explained the structure of Sinful Threads to Jana, including a brief telephone conversation with Louisa. I later told Louisa the truth: I trusted Jana as a member of our team.

As much as I disliked Patrick’s meddling in this hiring, I had a good feeling about her. I’d liked her on the plane before I knew anything about her. She had excellent keyboarding skills and passed the few tasks I asked her to perform on data entry with ease. ...