Lies And Betrayal
From Power Struggles to New Ambitions
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The return to Seattle was a study in profound, humiliating contrast. After the vibrant, relentless heat of Nagpur, the electric chaos of Basti, and the humid, intoxicating air of Rio, the Bong corporate tower was an architectural mausoleum: silent, temperature-controlled, and spiritually dead. The air smelt of ozone and recycled paper, a stark, clinical antiseptic that seemed calculated to cleanse the memory of silk saris, jasmine-scented baths, and raw, earth-shattering ambition. Karen, Roberts, Carlos, Nina, and Lara had been recalled with the brutal efficiency of a corporate clean-up operation, leaving behind a new delegation of officers—a sterile,
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