Chapter 11

Clara's case moved faster than Julian's.She did not have the money for top-tier counsel, and no one wanted to stand beside her after the evidence package went public. The influencers who had called her brave had already moved on to another scandal. In court, Clara wore a cheap white blouse and kept her hands clasped so tightly her knuckles showed. She looked small. She looked young. She looked exactly like the girl she had wanted the internet to see.Her lawyer leaned hard on that. She was inexperienced. She had been misled by senior leadership. She believed she was acting in good faith. She was overwhelmed by the culture of a powerful firm.Dominic did not argue emotionally. He played three recordings.In the first, Clara said, "People like her, hiding behind family background, should have been cleared out a long time ago."In the second, she demanded that I hand over the client list and membership card. Her tone was not confused or frightened. It was hungry.In the third, she spoke

Chapter 12

Six months later, Moretti Strategic Advisory held its first client dinner at the Raven Club.The third-floor private room had been redone in deep green velvet, and the silverware shone like moonlight. Victor Landon sat at the head of the table. Mrs. Fernandez traded stories with a partner from St. James Fund. Contracts lay in leather folders beside half-finished glasses of wine.No one mentioned Kane Consulting.In New York, failed men disappear quickly once the money stops repeating their names.At the end of dinner, my father arrived.Vito Moretti wore a black overcoat and carried a cane he did not really need. It tapped softly against the wood floor. Old rumors about his younger years still lived online, but these days people called him Mr. Moretti first and passed documents to his lawyers second.He looked at me with pride he was too old-school to show plainly."Your mother was like this," he said."Like what?""Men thought she was a pretty face until they learned she was holding t

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Chapter 11

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