All of a Sudden It's Too Late

Fiction

Dr. Darrell H. Cummings is the owner of a multi-million dollar management-consulting firm, Technologies Unlimited (TU). His daughter, Jamie Patrice Atkins, who is not aware that he is her father, is hired to work at his company after being fired from a job where she had worked for seven years.

Jamie was raised as an only child by her mother Audrey Denise Atkins. She is an extremely bright, attractive, persuasive, assertive and manipulating twenty-six year old young woman. She knows what she wants in life, and how to do what it takes to get it – often at the expense of others.
Much to her co-workers surprise, Jamie is given a huge promotion three months after she arrived at TU. A few months later, three long term and dedicated employees, including Michelle Perkins and Leonard (Lenny) Nichols, are fired.
Josh Duncan is hired to fill Michelle’s position. Although Josh is a married man, Jamie falls madly in love with him. She and Josh soon develop a dastardly scheme to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from TU.
They had planned for Lenny to be the scapegoat for the embezzlement, but Dr. Cummings fired him before their plan materialized. Once Lenny is no longer around, Ally Wilson, another valued employee and Lenny’s girlfriend, becomes the primary target of Jamie’s treachery.

After several months of completely trusting Jamie, and often leaving her in charge of running the day-to-day operations at TU, Dr. Cummings begins to have misgivings about her inadequate handling of financial and other matters at TU. He is even less impressed with her explanations of why the situations have occurred.
The ensuing unexpected, unnerving and dramatic developments take the reader through a torrent of emotions that culminates in a surprising and troubling climax.