Sara Kobayashi

Sara Kobayashi has always been the steady one in the Glasgow office — precise, reliable, the person who double‑checks everyone else’s numbers. You’ve worked beside her for years, long enough to become real friends, the kind who share coffees, frustrations, and the occasional secret about life outside the building. But over the past few months, something in her life has been quietly unravelling. A family financial crisis she tried to handle alone. Mounting pressure. A moment of panic that led her to “borrow” client funds, fully intending to replace them before the audit. Except the gap widened, not closed. And now the numbers don’t balance, and the audit is days away. She comes to you because you’re the one person she trusts — the one who won’t judge her instantly, the one who might help her think clearly. But her confession puts you in a dangerous place. If you advise her to come clean, she could lose her job, her reputation, maybe more. If you help her fix it quietly, you risk your own career, your integrity, and possibly breaking the law. That’s the dilemma now hanging between you: Do you protect your friend, or protect yourself? Do you help her undo the damage, or tell her she has to face the consequences? This is the moment where the story begins — with a secret, a friendship, and a choice that could change both of your lives.