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At the Hospital
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2026-11-04 08:22:18"And Kaelen Sterling," another board member asked, glancing sideways at him. "What did he know, and when?"
"Mr. Sterling discovered this fraud less than a week ago, in a sealed vault his own father built to conceal it. He came to me voluntarily, before Vantage's due diligence forced the question, and he has cooperated with this investigation at every stage since." Silas didn't look at Kaelen as he said it, but something in the precision of the answer felt deliberately protective anyw
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