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Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake News on Samantha
Arthur~The knock came at six in the morning. Not a normal knock. Not the kind delivered by neighbors, friends, or delivery drivers. This one was sharp. Deliberate. The kind that immediately made your stomach tighten before your brain caught up.I was already awake. Sleep and I had not been getting along lately. So when the second knock came, I was standing before it finished.The moment I opened the door, I knew something was wrong. My lawyer stood outside. Still wearing yesterday’s suit. His tie was crooked. His eyes looked exhausted. And in twenty years of knowing him, I had learned one very important thing. He only looked like that when the situation was terrible. Not difficult. Not complicated. Terrible.I stepped aside. “What happened?”He entered without speaking. That answered the question immediately. Whatever it was, it was bad enough that he did not want to discuss it outside. Wonderful. Exactly how I wanted to start my morning.He dropped a folder onto the kitchen table. I
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Reconnection
Evelyn~The house had finally gone quiet. Toby’s door sat cracked open like always, that soft blue nightlight spilling into the hall so I could hear if he had one of his bad dreams. I lay in bed with the sheet twisted around my legs, wearing nothing but that old oversized shirt that barely covered anything. My hair was still damp from the shower, sticking to my neck. The fan spun lazy circles above me but it did nothing for the heat crawling under my skin.Leone’s footsteps came up the stairs slow and deliberate. He paused right outside my door, one hand resting on the frame like he was giving both of us one last chance to pretend this was still just friendly tension. Our eyes met through the doorway and something in the air went thick. Heavy. The kind of heavy that had been building since the porch conversation about Arthur.“You’re thinking too loud again,” I whispered.He stepped inside and shut the door behind him with a soft click that felt final. “Been thinking since we stood ou
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Toby and Arthur(2)
Evelyn~The sink chose violence at seven in the morning. I was halfway through making breakfast when the faucet made a horrible choking sound and blasted water directly across the kitchen.I yelped and jumped backward. The pan nearly hit the floor. Water sprayed everywhere. The counter. The cabinets. My shirt. The stupid fruit bowl. For a few seconds I just stood there getting attacked by plumbing because apparently life had decided Samantha was not enough stress.“What happened?” Toby appeared in the doorway.I pointed dramatically. “The sink has declared war.”He stared. The faucet continued spraying water across the room. “That is actually kind of impressive.”“Not helping.”“A little helping.”The water somehow got worse. I groaned. Then another voice appeared behind us. “Move.”Leone. Of course. The man had not even finished his coffee yet. He stepped into the kitchen, took one look at the disaster, and immediately disappeared under the sink.I watched him open cabinets, reach fo
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Toby and Arthur
Evelyn~The request came during breakfast. Which honestly should have warned me. Nothing good ever happened when Toby sounded casual. Absolutely nothing.One minute he was eating cereal and complaining that Leone had bought the wrong orange juice. The next minute he said, “I think I want to meet Arthur.”Just like that. Like he was asking about the weather.I nearly dropped my coffee. Across the table, Leone stopped reading whatever security report he was pretending not to obsess over. The room went quiet.Toby looked between us. “What?”I set my mug down carefully. “What do you mean what?”He shrugged. “I want to meet him.”“You already met him.”“You know what I mean.”Unfortunately, I did. I knew exactly what he meant. Not courtrooms. Not hospitals. Not emergency situations. Not disasters. An actual meeting. A normal one. As normal as anything involving Arthur could be.Leone leaned back in his chair. “Why?”Toby considered the question. Not defensive. Not emotional. Just thinking.
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Toby call
Arthur~For a second, I just stared at the phone. Certain I was reading it wrong. The screen still displayed the same name. Toby. Not Evelyn. Not Rebecca. Not a lawyer. Not a reporter. Toby.My hand actually hesitated before answering. Which was ridiculous. I had negotiated billion-dollar deals without blinking. Faced hostile boards. Handled crises. Taken questions from entire rooms full of angry investors. Yet somehow a phone call from a thirteen-year-old boy had my heart pounding like an idiot.The phone rang again. Then again. I answered. “Hello?”Silence. Not complete silence. Breathing. Faint breathing. Like someone was suddenly questioning every decision that had brought him here.“Toby?”A pause. Then: “Hi.”The voice was smaller than I expected. Not physically smaller. Careful. Uncertain. Like he was not entirely sure what this conversation was supposed to be. I sat down slowly. “Hi.”Another silence. Already awkward. Wonderful. Neither of us seemed to know what came next. Eve
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Realization
Arthur~The first morning was the worst. Not because of the headlines. Not because of the messages. Not even because every business channel in the country seemed determined to use my face every fifteen minutes. It was the silence.For thirty-two years, I had not needed an alarm. My phone had been the alarm. Calls. Emails. Meetings. Problems. Crises. People wanting things. People needing things. People demanding things. Every day started with noise.Now it did not.I woke up at six anyway. Years of habit. The house was quiet. Too quiet. I lay there staring at the ceiling for a while. Waiting. For what, I was not entirely sure. A call. A message. Something. Nothing came.Eventually I got up. Made coffee. Sat in the kitchen. And realized I had nowhere to be. The thought hit harder than it should have. Nowhere. Not later. Not this afternoon. Not tomorrow. Nowhere. My entire schedule had vanished overnight.The coffee tasted terrible. Maybe it always had. Maybe I had just never noticed bef
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Break
POV: EvelynI should not have come here.That was the first thought I had the moment I stepped out of the car and saw the school gates already filled with people who looked like they belonged in a completely different world from the one I had been surviving for the past twenty-four hours, because e
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Containment Failure
POV: SamanthaThe first draft is already dead before I finish reading it.I don’t say that out loud. I just sit there with the legal team watching me like my expression is going to decide whether the company survives the next hour or not.Maybe it will.“Read it again,” one of the attorneys says ca
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Public detonation
POV: EvelynFor a second after the slap, nobody really reacts the way you’d expect. It’s not screaming or anyone going crazy. Just absolutely fucking… nothing. Like everyone’s brain needs a moment to catch up with what their eyes already saw.Rebecca’s head is still turned slightly from it. She slo
Three years, Three Billion dollars- His worst mistake Lines crossed
POV: EvelynWe don’t even make it out of the building before everything goes to shit. Security tries to guide everyone out like they can control anything anymore, but the tension doesn’t leave the room. Malachi stays close beside me, hand hovering near my elbow like he’s ready to pull me out if I
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