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Three days later, he gathered the family.
They were furious.
But he exposed everything.
Hidden payments.
Stolen money.
Manipulation.
“Layla is the only one who treated me like a person,” he said. “Not an opportunity.”
Afterward, Violet found me.
“I thought you sold yourself,” she said.
“You thought the worst of me too easily,” I replied.
She apologized.
I believed her—but I wasn’t ready to comfort her.
Rick passed away four months later.
His son lost his position.
His daughter lost her control.