RYDERI sat in my office with the lights low, staring at the city lights through the tall windows. My mind should have been on the next board meeting or the latest numbers coming in, but it kept drifting back to Scarlett, Brigit, and the growing mess around Ethan. The silence felt heavy tonight.A new email popped up on my screen. The sender name was blank, just a string of numbers. I almost ignored it.Junk mail came in all the time. But something made me pause. I clicked it open.The attachment was a video file.I hit play.My grandfather’s face filled the screen. He sat in his favorite chair in the old study, the one with the dark wood panels and heavy curtains.He looked tired but sharp, the way he always did when making big moves. Someone off-camera was talking to him. The voice was distorted, but I could hear every word.“…the shares are already moving in our favor,” the voice said. “Ethan’s company will collapse from the inside. We push the infertility rumors, leak the affair r
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