THE BODYGUARD’S HIDDEN TRUTH
“Beyond simply understanding me?”
Whitfield considered the question carefully, drawing on decades-old memory. “I think, ultimately, he wants to know whether everything he taught was true,” he said slowly. “He built an entire philosophy around the idea that fear governs everyone eventually, that trust is simply a temporary illusion people maintain until circumstances prove otherwise.” His breath rattled unevenly. “If you continue proving that philosophy wrong, consistently, without wavering — I believe that genuinely threatens something fundamental about how he’s understood the world for his entire life.”