The Cross Family
and “press frenzy.”
Eva didn’t cede control of the story. She refused to. But she allowed Alexander to shape the perimeter so the truth could land without collateral damage.
They called it partnership.
It felt like it.
*
Eva sat on the edge of her desk, laptop open, her draft on the screen. The story began with the whistleblower, not with her kidnapping. It named the problem first: vendor laundering, labor exploitation, and internal corruption hidden inside compliance systems.
Alexander sat in the chair across from her, sleeves rolled up, tie off, reading line by line with his jaw tight.