She insisted that timing was everything and warned her that attacking Joshua too early could make him more difficult to defeat. "Timing is everything in situations like this," Selena said. "If you move too early, he'll have time to prepare, to shift assets, to counter whatever you bring forward. Wait until he's overextended, until he's too deep into his next move to react quickly. That's when this becomes truly damaging."Natalie agreed, unaware that Selena was deliberately controlling when and how the information would be used. "That makes sense," Natalie said slowly, nodding. "I'll wait for your signal.""Good girl," Selena said, smiling warmly, the words landing with a faint condescension Natalie was too eager for validation to notice.Meanwhile, Joshua received the same documents from Monica and immediately recognized something strange."Joshua," Monica said, entering his office with a printed copy of the same leaked file, "we intercepted a copy of this circulating outside the com

The hospital director informed Joshua that his mother's medical condition remained stable, but someone had attempted to change one of her medication records again."Mr. Hart," Dr. Reynolds said, his voice tense over the phone, "your mother's condition is stable, but we caught another issue. Someone attempted to alter one of her medication records this afternoon.""Altered how?" Joshua asked, his grip tightening on the phone.The director had stopped the alteration before anything happened, but he warned Joshua that whoever was behind it had access to information from inside the medical system. "We caught it before it went through," Dr. Reynolds said. "But whoever attempted this had legitimate access credentials. This isn't outside interference, Mr. Hart. This is someone with real access inside our system."Joshua immediately connected the incident to the earlier unauthorized access involving Adrian Cole. "This is the same pattern as before," Joshua said quietly. "Adrian Cole's access

Joshua personally reviewed the evidence recovered from the fake medical team. The men refused to reveal who had hired them, but Monica discovered that their authorization documents had been prepared using information from the same hospital system previously accessed through Adrian Cole."They're not talking," Peter reported, setting a folder on Joshua's desk. "But Monica traced the documents back to the same access point Adrian used before.""Same system, same vulnerability," Monica confirmed. "Someone's been sitting on this access for a while, using it whenever they need it."Joshua ordered Peter to quietly investigate the hospital's internal network while keeping the incident away from the media. "Investigate the network quietly," Joshua said. "No public reports, no statements. I don't want my mother's name anywhere near another headline.""Understood," Peter said. He did not want his mother's name dragged into another public scandal.Meanwhile, Victoria unexpectedly arrived at Josh

Her mother argued that they had only wanted to protect her, but Natalie felt betrayed."Everything we said, everything we pushed for, it was to protect you," her mother said, her voice tight. "You were miserable in that marriage, Natalie. We watched you shrink smaller every year.""Protect me," Natalie repeated bitterly. "Is that what you call it?"She asked why they were suddenly praising a man they had spent years insulting."You spent years calling him unambitious," Natalie said, her voice rising. "Lazy. A burden. Every family dinner, every holiday, someone always found a way to remind me what a disappointment he was. And now suddenly he's brilliant? Now he's exactly the kind of man this family respects?"Her voice broke as she accused them of making her feel as though she had become the foolish one for listening to their advice."I listened to you," Natalie said, her voice cracking. "I trusted you both, and now I'm standing here feeling like the fool for actually doing what you to

Natalie returned home expecting Mark to apologize, but he never came. She sat alone in her apartment for hours, checking her phone every few minutes, the silence pressing down heavier with each passing hour.Instead, Selena contacted her and offered to help repair her damaged position at Harrison Group."I heard about what happened," Selena said over the phone, her voice smooth and sympathetic. "I'm sorry, Natalie. That sounds like an awful position to be in.""How did you even hear about that?" Natalie asked, exhausted."I have my sources," Selena said simply. "I'd like to help, if you'll let me. I have some ideas about how to repair your position."Natalie initially refused, accusing Selena of being responsible for everything that had happened."How do I know you're not the reason any of this happened?" Natalie snapped. "You've been feeding me information, introducing me to people, and now suddenly there's a leak investigation with my name attached to it. That's not a coincidence I'