Lucille,

As a GDS employee I have always been limited in what I could say. I was threatened to limit my conversation with you or anyone. I have my own lawyer advising me now so I feel safer.

I did EVERYTHING I could to push Global in the right direction. I fought with the owners EVERY SINGLE DAY to make the changes we needed. Every single check that went out the door for the last two years was because I fought the owners to make it happen.

You say I "knew very well what was going on" - this is not true. Even in the last two years, when I started to take on management jobs, they still kept most things from me, and misled me about their intentions with the company. I worked every day to try to make this company better, but there was only so much I could do without cooperation from the owners.

I understand that you are angry. I am angry too. But I ask you to please not blame me for things that were completely outside my control, just because I'm the only name you know at the company.

Thank you,

Ben