Never Extort A Chief Legal Officer

Summary

I am the Chief Legal Officer for one of the largest multinational conglomerates in the Midwest. Recently, returning to Chicago from a grueling two-year overseas assignment, I decided to move into the luxury high-rise condo I’d purchased right before I left. It had been sitting completely empty since the day I closed on it.

On my very first day in the apartment, I opened my mail to find a utility bill that nearly made my heart stop.

Twelve thousand dollars.

According to the city’s water department, my vacant apartment had somehow consumed over half a million gallons of water in the last…