After disconnecting the live video, Josh smirked, “ Liam Andrew; you are hitting more than you can chew”, he murmured, then he left Desmond's ward.Annabelle was reading a novel when Josh entered their living room.“ Welcome”, she greeted without looking up from the book. Since their last argument, each of them had stayed in their lane.“ Hmmmm”, Josh murmured, but he watched Annabelle for a while before he went to the bedroom.“ She is too quiet, I hope she's not planning another disaster or another means to blackmail me”... He shook his head, “ No, I'm sure her mother's warning got to her. I don't even know what I have gained from snatching that witch from Desmond. The mere sight of her disgust me”.He laid on the bed with different thoughts running through his mind, he couldn't sleep.“ Liam's Andrew’s actions are getting suspicious. Apart from the accident, what other things connect him with my nephew?”“ Has he gotten any hint about my involvement in Desmond's murder charges, why

The next trigger came sooner than Desmond expected. It was barely seven in the morning when Ezra walked into the office carrying a stack of reports."We found it", he suddenly announced.Desmond tore his attention away from the clinic records spread across his desk"Found what?""The break in the pattern"Scorpion left the window and walked over. Ezra placed the reports on the desk and opened the first file."Every region that experienced panic received calls from media contacts within thirty minutes of the first reports appearing"Scorpion reached for the documents, “That’s not unusual in cases like this”"It is when the same communications agency is connected to all of them"That made Desmond go still for a moment. He pulled the file closer and started reading:The first few pages contained call records. Further in were internal communications gathered overnight. The names attached to the reports changed from page to page, but the language barely did. Journalists working in differen

The investigation continued even after the Ministry cleared the clinics. The public pressure had eased, but inside the operations room, nobody was celebrating.Analysts stayed at their desks through the day and often deep into the night. Every financial trail they followed opened into something larger than the last. Every company led to another intermediary, and then another, until the structure stopped looking like a chain and started looking like a web that had no clear edge.Three days after the clearance announcement, Scorpion didn’t show up for the strategy meeting.Ezra noticed first, but he didn’t say anything right away.When Scorpion missed the second meeting, Ezra finally spoke, “That’s twice now, he is acting suspicious” Desmond gave a quiet chuckle, “ Every one of his actions is always suspicious. Maybe it's related to his company anyways”Ezra shrugged, but the concern stayed with him. By the next day, he finally called him."Where are you?", Ezra asked."I'm busy", Scor

The morning after Selene's visit, Desmond arrived at the laboratory before sunrise.Researchers moved between workstations carrying trays of dried herbs. Extraction units hummed steadily in one section of the building. The sharp scent of crushed leaves and medicinal roots lingered in the air.For a few minutes, Desmond enjoyed the quiet, then his office door opened. Dr. Paige entered carrying a tablet. She looked too tired to greet him and that alone was enough warning."Morning, Dr. Paige"She placed the tablet on the table with a little more force than necessary.“ There is nothing good about the morning, Don”.“ Wow!, that's harsh”Paige ignored Desmond's dramatic expression, then she pulled out a chair and sat down."I spent half the night reviewing inventory reports. If anyone says good morning to me right now, I might become violent.""Is it that serious?", Desmond asked“ It's worse”, she answered as she slid the tablet across the table.Desmond picked it up, and the smile on h

The billionaire barely left for like ten minutes when a nurse knocked on the office door again."Come in," Desmond said.She stepped inside carrying a tablet, "Sir, the finance team asked me to show you this immediately"Desmond took the tablet. Ezra moved closer and glanced at the screen."He actually did it", Ezra commented.Desmond scrolled through the report, the transfer had already been completed. The money went directly into rehabilitation programs, emergency shelters and food distribution networks that had been struggling for months.“He signed the agreement," Desmond said. "Why wouldn't he?”"People like him don't usually move that fast."Desmond glanced at the figures again, "That's for people that have enough time. His heart is failing, so he has to act fast"The evaluation process began the following morning. No special arrangements were made, no private wing was cleared, and no patients were moved elsewhere. The billionaire arrived through the same entrance as everyone el