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CHAPTER 141
Author: Author Rizq
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Three more defections followed before midnight.

By the fourth day, Roach was left with less than twenty men, a fraction of the force that had seized Victor's businesses just a week earlier. His public declaration that Victor's era was ending now hung in the air like a bad joke told at a funeral.

Roach had no choice but to fight.

He gathered his remaining men and led them to a confrontation on Victor's home territory, arriving at the south side district at two in the morning with whatever weapon
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    "You are always afraid when the truth is inconvenient." Celeste's eyes narrowed. "And you always find the courage to tell it the moment you have no other choice."Vivian flinched. The words landed like slaps."That is not fair." Her voice cracked. "I told you everything I remembered.""You told me everything after Leonard forced your hand." Celeste walked around the table. "That is not honesty. That is a leaking pipe finally bursting."Vivian opened her mouth, then closed it. There was nothing to say that would not sound like another excuse.Celeste turned to her legal director. "What are my options?"The attorney hesitated. "If you cancel the supply agreement, Leonard's contractual advantage triggers a penalty clause. And canceling it would expose the earlier business decision you made when you approved the original partnership."

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    "Then they reject it, and we fight the termination in court with every page Calvin just gave us." Sophia's expression did not change. "I will not make a desperate deal because someone gave us a deadline."Logan spent the next hour comparing the dates in Calvin's records against the suspicious transfers Richard had been tracking.The connections were unmistakable. Pacific Ridge Holdings had acquired its current ownership interest shortly after several businesses in Marcus's network changed hands.The same forty eight hour window. The same layered structure. The same invisible hand moving pieces across the board."Theodore." Logan placed the comparison on the table. "The company holding your missing agreement acquired its position at the same time as several businesses connected to Marcus Steele's network. The timing is too close to be separate."Theodore read the comparison in silence. His face aged five years in thirty seconds. "The original arrangement involved a business decision I

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    "I will not reveal the full details until we recover the original document." Theodore met her gaze without flinching. "There are people connected to that arrangement who could be harmed if the information reaches the wrong hands.""You are still keeping secrets." Sophia stood and pressed both hands against the table. "I am the one running this company now. Every morning I sit in this chair and make decisions that affect hundreds of employees, and you are telling me that the foundation I am building on has a crack you deliberately hid.""I was trying to protect you.""Secrecy is not protection." Sophia's voice cut through the room. "It is a wall that keeps the people who need to see the danger from seeing it until the ceiling has already fallen."Theodore looked at her for a long moment. Something in his expression shifted, not surrender, but the recognition that his granddaughter was no longer someone who could be shielded by silence.Logan broke the pause. "Calvin. The company holdin

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