Ethan Ashford The article had been live for forty minutes by the time I had a full copy of it in front of me.I read it once. That was enough.Whoever wrote it knew things. Not everything — the details were shaped to suggest more than they actually confirmed — but enough. The will, the share structure, the timing of the boardroom meeting. Specific figures that had never been made public. This wasn't a journalist who had stumbled onto something. This was a hit piece built from the inside, funded by someone with access and motive, and pushed through a media channel that knew exactly what it was doing.I called Ray from the car."The article," I said. "Find the media company. Find who funded it. I want the full financial trail — every account, every transfer, every intermediary. Don't stop until you find the origin.""Already pulling it," Ray said."How long?""Give me two hours, sir.""You have one."I hung up.Serena was in the seat beside me, her phone in her hand, reading through t
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