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CHAPTER 38 PART 1
"We need to go," Sophia said urgently to her parents as the taxi pulled up to the emergency entrance. "Now. Right now."The three of them scrambled out of the vehicle. Richard quickly paid the driver while Sophia and Margaret rushed toward the hospital entrance, moving as fast as Sophia's broken arm and their collective panic would allow.The automatic doors slid open with a soft whoosh, revealing the sterile brightness of St. Catherine's emergency department. The smell of antiseptic and fear hit them immediately—that distinctive hospital scent that promised both healing and horror in equal measure.Sophia's eyes scanned the waiting area frantically, searching for anyone who might give them information. Her gaze landed on a familiar figure standing near the reception desk—Ms. Patricia Hayes, Emma's nursery teacher, still wearing her colorful teaching apron covered in cartoon animals."Ms. Hayes!" Sophia rushed toward her, nearly stumbling in her haste. "Where's Emma? Is she okay? What
CHAPTER 37 PART 3
"Victoria—" David started."SHUT UP!" Victoria shrieked. "I don't want to hear another word from either of you! You're dead to me! Both of you! Just like Robert should have considered you dead years ago instead of giving you positions you never deserved!"She grabbed the cash William had left on the table and threw it at them. Bills scattered through the air, floating down like confetti."Keep your pity money! I don't need it! I don't need either of you! I'll destroy Alexander Kane myself! And when I do, when I'm standing over his broken body the way he stood over Robert's, you'll see! You'll ALL see!"Victoria turned and stormed toward the exit, her torn dress billowing behind her, her wild hair flying. She looked like a madwoman, which wasn't far from the truth. The other diners pressed themselves against walls and tables, creating space for her to pass, unwilling to get too close to someone so obviously unhinged.The restaurant door slammed behind her with such force that the glass
CHAPTER 37 PART 2
"Yes," David continued. "He could have crippled us like he did Jason. Could have had us arrested like he's doing to Robert. Could have kicked us out of the company entirely. But he didn't. He left us with our positions, our jobs, our ability to survive.""And you see that as mercy?" Victoria's voice dripped with contempt. "You're grateful to the man who destroyed your brother?"William leaned against a nearby table, his voice taking on a confessional quality. "Victoria, we overheard what some of the shareholders were planning earlier. Director Miles and the others—they're plotting to undermine Alexander Kane. To sabotage his leadership. To make things difficult for him.""Good!" Victoria seized on this. "Then we can join them! Work with them to—""We're not joining them," David interrupted flatly."Why not?""Because they're idiots walking into a meat grinder," William said. "They're going to get themselves destroyed, and we're not going with them.""This is our chance," David explain
CHAPTER 37 PART 1
Victoria's head snapped up from the table, tears still streaming down her face but her expression transforming from despair to fury. "Why? WHY are you refusing to help me?"David and William, who had already started walking toward the exit, paused but didn't turn around immediately."I don't understand!" Victoria's voice climbed higher, drawing attention from the few other diners. "My plan is solid! It's the ONLY way to save the Thompson family! To reclaim what's ours! Why won't you support it?"William finally turned, his expression weary. "Because your plan is suicide, Victoria.""It's not suicide—it's fighting back!""No," David said firmly, also facing her now. "Fighting back requires having a chance of winning. What you're proposing is just... throwing ourselves off a cliff and hoping we'll somehow learn to fly on the way down."Victoria stood abruptly, her chair scraping loudly against the floor. "We can WIN! If we work together, if we pool our resources—""With what resources?"
CHAPTER 36 PART 3
Victoria gave him the address of the convenience store, relief flooding through her. "Please hurry. And bring William. We need to talk. We need to plan. We need to figure out how to fight back against that monster Alexander Kane!""I... I'll see what I can do," David said, his tone noncommittal. "Give me an hour."The call ended. Victoria slumped against the store's exterior wall, exhaustion overwhelming her. An hour. She could survive one more hour.Sixty-seven minutes later, a car pulled up to the curb. David and William emerged, both looking uncomfortable and distinctly unwilling to be there. They'd dressed casually, as if trying not to draw attention, and their faces were creased with stress and fear.Victoria rushed toward them, but they stepped back instinctively, maintaining distance."Victoria," William said carefully. "You look... rough.""I've been through hell!" Victoria snapped. "Where have you two been? Why haven't you been answering your phones?""We've been laying low,"
CHAPTER 36 PART 2
Across the city, Victoria Thompson stumbled down a darkened street, her expensive heels clicking erratically against the pavement. The designer dress she'd worn to the boardroom was now torn and filthy, stained with dirt and sweat. Her carefully styled hair hung in tangled clumps around her haggard face.She looked like a homeless woman. And in many ways, she was.After being dragged from Thompson Holdings Tower, security had deposited her on the sidewalk with nothing. No purse. No phone. No money. Just the clothes on her back and the overwhelming weight of her family's complete destruction.Victoria had tried walking to the hospital where Robert and Jason were being treated, but her legs had given out after six blocks. The combined stress of three sleepless nights, constant terror, and the shock of being physically removed from her own company had left her physically and mentally depleted.She'd sat on a park bench for hours, watching people pass by, none of them recognizing the once
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