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Chapter 95
Sarah did not flinch.She did not step back. She did not show fear or weakness or anything that might have satisfied the threat James had just laid at her feet. Instead, she simply nodded, her expression calm and resolved, as though they were discussing something mundane and not the possibility of her own death."Well," she said evenly, "you can do whatever you want. Like I said before, I do not actually care anymore. I have told you the truth. That is the truth. You can believe it or not believe it, but that does not change what it is." She adjusted the strap of her bag on her shoulder. "What is left for you now is to go deal with that good-for-nothing fool. That good-for-nothing Hector who betrayed everything you thought you knew about him. That is where you should be focusing your anger. Not on me."She turned toward her car."So I will be taking my leave now," she said.James opened his mouth to respond, but Sarah was already moving. She gathered her things with quick, efficient m
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James stared at Sarah, and the look on his face had shifted into something darker, something that carried real anger beneath it now, not the performative kind but the kind that sits deep and dangerous in a person's chest."I don't understand what you are trying to do here," he said, his voice low and controlled in a way that made each word land with deliberate weight. "Why would you tell me lies? Why would you say it was Hector?" He took a step closer, his eyes locked on hers. "Hector works for Ross Corporation now. He is nobody. He has no power. He has no reach. So why ....why would Hector come after me and my family? What would he possibly have to gain from it?"He shook his head, his jaw tight."We went through school together. We shared the same circles. I know who Hector is. And the Hector I know does not have the connections to do what was done to my family. He does not have the resources. He does not have the influence." James's voice hardened. "I am sure it was one of your num
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Sarah pulled the hood tighter around her face as she stepped out of the restaurant, her movements quick and deliberate, her eyes darting left and right with the nervous energy of someone trying very hard not to be seen. The hood obscured most of her features, casting her face in shadow, and she kept her head down as she moved through the sidewalk crowd toward the parking lot, weaving between people without making eye contact.Her phone had been buzzing all afternoon.James.Call after call after call, each one ignored, each one sending a fresh jolt of anxiety through her chest. She did not want to talk to James. She did not want James to know where she was. She especially did not want to see James in person, because she knew exactly what James was capable of, and the last time they had been face to face had not gone well for her. Not well at all.She reached the parking lot, scanning the rows of cars until she spotted hers tucked into a corner space near the back. Relief flickered thr
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Elvis heard the question and turned slightly toward Victoria, gesturing with one hand."You can go get in the car," he said. "I will be right behind you. Let me settle this with him first."Victoria nodded once and walked toward the vehicle without looking back.Elvis waited until she was out of earshot, then he turned to face the manager fully, and when he spoke his voice had lost every trace of the reassurance it had been carrying thirty seconds earlier."Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" he said.The manager's eyes widened."What?""Aren't you ashamed?" Elvis repeated, and now his tone had shifted into something colder, sharper, the voice of someone who has made a decision and is simply executing it. "What exactly do you want from me? You want me to call your director and get you your job back? Is that it? You want me to make phone calls, pull strings, recommend you for another position somewhere?" He shook his head slowly. "What did you actually do that would make me owe you anythi
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Victoria and Elvis looked at each other.The silence stretched between them, heavy and loaded with the kind of disbelief that comes when reality refuses to align itself with expectation. This was not how it was supposed to go. This was not how any of it was supposed to unfold. That good-for-nothing bastard, that nobody who had been holding up the line and refusing to back down, was the one commanding military escorts and ninety-degree bows from the director of EJSK Luxury. What the hell was happening?Neither of them could find words for it.Victoria broke the silence first."We need to find out more about this guy," she said, and her voice had regained some of its edge, the uncertainty hardening back into purpose. "We really need to dig into who he is, because this does not make sense. There is something going on here that we are missing. Something big." She looked at Elvis. "We need to know everything."Elvis nodded slowly."Agreed," he said. "I will make calls. Get the footage. St
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Elvis nodded slowly, his eyes still fixed on the stream of bags moving from the entrance to the waiting vehicles."Yes," he said quietly. "Exactly. This person is not a pushover. This person is not a novice. This person is a serious big shot."Victoria exhaled through her nose, something complicated moving across her face."If this had been the person they were standing up for," she said, and her voice had lost its sharp edges, replaced by something more measured and reluctant, "I would not even be that angry. I would still be upset, yes. But I would understand it. Because a person like this?" She gestured toward the cars, the bags, the sheer volume of it all. "A person like this deserves to shop in the same space as me. I would accept that." Her expression darkened again. "But that good-for-nothing bastard inside, that nobody who decided to make a mess of me in front of everyone and got the director to go along with it?" Her jaw tightened. "That is a completely different matter."And
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