Chapter 120: The Tipping Point---The press conference had been scheduled for a week, but it felt like the longest week of Sophia’s life. Every moment was filled with mounting pressure, a crushing sense of urgency that tightened around her chest with each passing hour. The looming threat of Preston
Chapter 119: Unfinished Business---The warm days of summer in Vermont had settled into a quiet rhythm, but the weight of the world that Sophia had once carried hadn’t entirely lifted. Though Marcus Henderson’s arrest and the ripple effect of his downfall had brought sweeping changes, the battle wa
Chapter 118: Shadows and Light---The first weeks of the new year brought a fragile calm, but Sophia knew better than to mistake silence for safety. The world was still turning, and while Marcus Henderson was behind bars, the shadows he’d cast stretched far beyond one man.Her role with the DOJ’s t
Chapter 117: The Ripples We Leave---Autumn arrived quietly.The trees around the Vermont cabin burst into fiery reds and golds, shedding leaves like forgotten confessions. The air smelled of damp earth and woodsmoke, and the mornings were cold enough for Sophia to tuck Katherine’s coat tighter as
Chapter 116: Aftermath---The courthouse steps were swarming with press. Photographers clicked with mechanical frenzy, reporters shoved microphones forward, and security struggled to keep the perimeter clear. Somewhere behind the chaos, Marcus Henderson was led into a secure transport van, flanked
Chapter 115: Reckoning---The courtroom was packed beyond capacity. Reporters jostled for space, cameras pointed every which way, and the buzz of whispered conversations filled the air like static electricity. The trial of Marcus Henderson had finally reached a crescendo — the man himself was prese