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999 Steps to Nowhere Chapter 10
Two years passed.The weather on Avenmore Island was still rainy and damp.I had led the Covington Group's medical AI subsidiary through its listing on the stock exchange. The bell‑ringing ceremony was a spectacle.The venue glittered under bright lights, and a wall of cameras pointed at the stage. I wore a sharply tailored black suit, gripped the red handle of the mallet, and struck the brass bell.The deep ring echoed through the trading floor.I stood under the spotlight, looking out at the same faces that had laughed at me during Isaac's wedding.After the ceremony, several familiar figures came forward on their own. Two years ago, they had called me inconsiderate in the wedding group chat. Now they held out their business cards with both hands, opening with, "Ms. Covington, what a pleasure."Over the past two years, I still took a wrong turn now and then, but a fork in the road no longer sent me into a panic. I no longer relied on anyone to guide me. I drove through the str
999 Steps to Nowhere Chapter 9
Sabrina was formally sentenced to eight years for commercial fraud.Isaac lost all of his equity and assets. Buried under a mountain of debt he could never repay, he was swept out by the liquidation team with nothing.On an ordinary Friday afternoon, Isaac came to the Covington Group building.He knelt in the rain outside for three full hours, asking for nothing more than to see me one last time.I had Fletcher bring him up to the conference room on the top floor.When Isaac walked in, he was still dripping wet. He pulled a plastic bag from inside his jacket. Inside it was the old phone Sabrina had wiped and smashed. He had held the screen together with tape, piecing it back as best he could."Wren..." He dropped to his knees in front of me and raised the phone above his head."I found one of the best data recovery teams out there. They said if they had enough time, they might be able to salvage a few fragments of the audio..."Please, just let me stay at the Covington Group. I
999 Steps to Nowhere Chapter 8
The bankruptcy liquidation of Norwood Technologies entered its final stage.Lawyers had seized every property and account under Isaac's name. With nowhere else to turn, he had moved back into the run‑down attic apartment he had rented during his early startup days.On Wednesday afternoon, I brought the asset evaluation team to the site to verify the last of the collateral inventory.When I pushed open the attic door, the air smelled of mold. Isaac was sorting through what little he had left.When he saw me walk in, his dull eyes lit up for a moment before embarrassment replaced it.The appraisers took out their equipment and began cataloging. As a worker shifted an old bookcase, a cardboard box on top lost its balance and fell to the floor.Its contents spilled out. There was a phone with a shattered screen, a black notebook, and a few neatly folded receipts.Isaac walked over and bent down to pick up the receipts. When he read what was written on them, his entire body went stil
999 Steps to Nowhere Chapter 7
A month later, one of the industry's top medical summits was held in Allenford.I attended as the representative of the Covington Group, seated in the front row of the VIP section.Isaac was there too. He had sold the last property under his name just to scrape together enough for a seat on the fringes of the venue, hoping to find an investor willing to save his company from bankruptcy.I went on stage to deliver the keynote. The audience erupted in applause, and every eye in the room was on me. I commanded the room with ease. I was no longer the accessory who hid behind Isaac and could not tell one direction from another.When I stepped off the stage, a sharp pain twisted through my stomach. Back on Avenmore Island, I had spent too many nights keeping Isaac company at business dinners, drinking hard liquor until it left lasting damage.I sat down on the couch in the lounge area. Fletcher was beside me immediately with warm milk and a box of prescription‑grade stomach medication.
999 Steps to Nowhere Chapter 6
Within my first week back in Allenford running the group, the news from Avenmore Island came flooding in.Norwood Technologies had collapsed.The 3 billion dollars the Covington family had been funneling in was pulled out overnight. The banks moved immediately, triggering cross‑default clauses and freezing every one of Isaac's designated accounts.Without the financial safety net, the commercial empire Isaac had been so proud of fell apart in a matter of days.What made it almost laughable was that Sabrina had finally shown her true colors.She had grown used to being pampered by Isaac and still assumed Norwood Technologies was the deep‑pocketed company it used to be. While Isaac was scrambling to borrow money from every direction, she had not lifted a finger to help.Instead, she had quietly run up his secondary card on a limited‑edition handbag worth millions.When the debt collectors started calling her phone, she packed up and fled the hillside villa in the middle of the nig
999 Steps to Nowhere Chapter 5
There was a deafening crash.A massive rock slammed into the ground less than 30 feet from where I crouched. Mud and water sprayed in every direction, and the force of it sent pain tearing through my body.I was curled up in a hollow in the rock wall, arms locked around the urn I had pulled from the bridal car.One second before the landslide swallowed the road, two beams of light cut through the fog.Three heavy‑duty SUVs had ignored the road closure and forced their way past the barricades.The lead vehicle's door was kicked open from the inside. Several broad‑shouldered bodyguards in professional rescue gear charged into the storm."Ms. Covington! Over here!"They closed around me on all sides and wrapped a waterproof jacket over my shoulders.The one leading the team was the head of security for the Covington Group. He took one look at the blood covering my feet and how pale my face was, and his eyes went bloodshot."Your father nearly lost his mind back in Allenford. The
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