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Chapter Twenty-Six: The Final Blow

Author: Rejoice Ezeh
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-24 12:44:25

Landon's POV

My phone was ringing as I sat in my car outside my mother's apartment building, still processing the conversation I had just overheard outside the Sterling Hawks headquarters. The revelation that Ophelia was Richard Sterling's daughter had left me feeling like I was drowning in my own stupidity.

"Landon, thank God you answered," my agent Jake Morrison said, his voice tense with urgency. "We need to talk immediately."

"Jake, I can't deal with any more bad news right now."

"This can't wait. Sterling Hawks just called. They're permanently withdrawing their contract offer."

I felt like I had been punched in the gut. "Permanently? What do you mean permanently?"

"I mean they're done with you, Landon. Completely. They cited character concerns and association with individuals under criminal investigation. They won't even consider you for future opportunities."

I stared through my windshield at the run-down apartment building where my mother lived, finally understanding the magnit
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