My phone buzzed with a notification. It was a message from the company group chat.The financial crimes case had reached its verdict. Mr. Woodruff was convicted of embezzlement and bribery by non-state personnel, the sums enormous. He was sentenced to three years in prison, with all illicit gains confiscated.Word spread that his wife filed for divorce the same day, taking their child and moving back to her parents' home.As for Greg, his record of sexual harassment and misconduct left him completely finished in the industry. Last I heard, he had gone to work at a shady factory out of town. Because of his dishonest behavior there, his coworkers beat him up, leaving him with a broken leg.All those who had once tried to crush me had fallen into the holes they had dug themselves.I kept my phone away and hailed a cab. "To City Hospital, please."Half an hour later, carrying a basket of fresh fruit, I walked into the hospital's recovery ward.Pushing the door open, I saw my dad sit
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