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On the other end of the line, James's brother was silent for a long moment. Then he spoke. "No problem," he said finally, his voice flat and decisive. "Since you feel this person is actually responsible, since you are pinning everything on him, then fine. Do what you think is right. Do what you think will save us from all of this bullshit." He paused. "Just handle it. Do what needs to be done." James nodded, even though his brother could not see him. "I will," he said. The call ended. James stood there in the parking lot, staring down at his phone, his thumb hovering over the screen. His chest was tight with the kind of cold, focused anger that comes when a decision has been made and there is no turning back from it. And then the phone rang again. James looked at the screen. This was the call he had been expecting. He answered immediately. "Yes," he said. The voice on the other end did not waste time with pleasantries. It went straight to the point, low and busin
Chapter 97
On the other end of the line, James's brother was silent for a long moment. Then he spoke. "No problem," he said finally, his voice flat and decisive. "Since you feel this person is actually responsible, since you are pinning everything on him, then fine. Do what you think is right. Do what you think will save us from all of this bullshit." He paused. "Just handle it. Do what needs to be done." James nodded, even though his brother could not see him. "I will," he said. The call ended. James stood there in the parking lot, staring down at his phone, his thumb hovering over the screen. His chest was tight with the kind of cold, focused anger that comes when a decision has been made and there is no turning back from it. And then the phone rang again. James looked at the screen. This was the call he had been expecting. He answered immediately. "Yes," he said. The voice on the other end did not waste time with pleasantries. It went straight to the point, low and businesslike, th
Chapter 96
On the other end of the line, James's brother was silent for a long moment.Then he spoke."No problem," he said finally, his voice flat and decisive. "Since you feel this person is actually responsible, since you are pinning everything on him, then fine. Do what you think is right. Do what you think will save us from all of this bullshit." He paused. "Just handle it. Do what needs to be done."James nodded, even though his brother could not see him."I will," he said.The call ended.James stood there in the parking lot, staring down at his phone, his thumb hovering over the screen. His chest was tight with the kind of cold, focused anger that comes when a decision has been made and there is no turning back from it.And then the phone rang again.James looked at the screen. This was the call he had been expecting.He answered immediately."Yes," he said.The voice on the other end did not waste time with pleasantries. It went straight to the point, low and businesslike, the tone of s
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
Chapter 94
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
Chapter 93
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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