Chapter Twenty One: Issue Addressed Nathan was ready by one.He had spent the morning going over exactly what he was going to say, not because he needed to rehearse it but because he wanted it clean. No room for misinterpretation, no loose ends the press could pull at afterward. The DNA results were clear. The statement was simple. He was going to walk into that room at two o’clock, say what needed to be said, answer a few questions, and walk back out. Thirty minutes at most. Then it was done.He dressed carefully. Dark suit, no tie. He wanted to look like a man addressing a business matter, not performing a crisis. His assistant had called that morning to confirm the room was set and the right people had been notified. The financial press was present, two national outlets, three entertainment journalists who had been running the story hardest. Let them all be in the room when he shut it down.He knocked on Alex’s door at half past one.“I’ll be back by four,” he said through the do
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