The Ex-Wife’s Mega Comeback
She sat stiffly in the high-back chair, her fingers hovering uncertainly over the glass trading desk.
The holographic screens floated around her, charts spiking and crashing, candles pulsing in angry reds and hopeful greens, numbers shifting faster than her thoughts.
Behind her, the air vibrated with a steady electronic hum as Scarlet’s floating assistance-bot adjusted its height, positioning Scarlet’s wheelchair right beside her.
Mechanical arms whirred softly, lifting Scarlet’s tablet into the perfect angle.
Scarlet, bound to her chair, looked anything but fragile. Her presence was iron. Sharp, commanding, impossible to ignore.