He didn’t fight. He didn’t even look back at me as they led him out.

The heavy doors clicked shut.

Chapter 6 — On Top of the World

The room was silent again, just the faint hum of the air conditioning and the muffled sirens of the city below.

I walked to the windows and looked out over Manhattan. The sun was setting, casting a fierce golden light over the canyons of glass and steel.

It was a beautiful, brutal city. And it was mine.

Six months later, my life was unrecognizable. Daniel took a plea deal to avoid a longer sentence and was serving seven years in a white-collar federal facility.