I looked directly at him.

“No.

I am using records to stop you from calling mine entirely yours.”

The board voted.

Tristan was placed on temporary administrative leave pending completion of the audit.

I did not celebrate.

There was nothing joyful about watching the man I once loved lose the position around which he had built his identity.

But there was something peaceful about watching facts finally become more powerful than reputation.

PART 12 — THE TWINS DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE COMPANY

That night, Mason found me in the laundry room.