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A Father's Unwavering Fight

A Father's Unwavering Fight

Gavin

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The quarterly earnings call had just wrapped, leaving me with the quiet hum of success as CEO of Apex Innovations. My company was thriving, big but discreet, just how I liked it. All I truly cared about was getting home to my son, Leo, my everything. Then, the school's number flashed on my phone. My heart always jumped when they called, but this wasn't the usual secretary. It was Leo, his small voice shaking, "Dad, I got beat up at school!" My blood ran cold. He explained the bully was Ethan Miller, who'd twisted truths, calling me a "freeloader living off Mom." At the school, anger warred with disbelief. The principal and Ms. Albright, draped in a designer scarf I' d just bought my wife, blamed Leo, siding with Ethan and his arrogant father, Rick Miller. Jessica was even worse. My own wife dismissed Leo' s pain as a "schoolyard squabble," defending Rick as an "important contact." She then signed a "reconciliation agreement" that forced our bruised son to apologize, all to "protect our family image." She prioritized appearances over her child. Freeloader? Me? The CEO? The blatant bias, Rick's veiled threats, and Jessica's cold dismissal screamed betrayal. What in God's name was really going on? This was more than a schoolyard fight; it was a deeply unsettling web of lies, and I was furious. A cold, hard knot of suspicion tightened in my gut. This wasn't just about school donations. That evening, I made a call to my most trusted executive assistant: "Sarah, I need everything you can find on Richard Miller and Jessica' s recent projects. Discreetly." The game had changed. And I would find out why.

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The quarterly earnings call had just wrapped, leaving me with the quiet hum of success as CEO of Apex Innovations.

My company was thriving, big but discreet, just how I liked it. All I truly cared about was getting home to my son, Leo, my everything.

Then, the school's number flashed on my phone. My heart always jumped when they called, but this wasn't the usual secretary.

It was Leo, his small voice shaking, "Dad, I got beat up at school!"

My blood ran cold. He explained the bully was Ethan Miller, who'd twisted truths, calling me a "freeloader living off Mom." At the school, anger warred with disbelief.

The principal and Ms. Albright, draped in a designer scarf I' d just bought my wife, blamed Leo, siding with Ethan and his arrogant father, Rick Miller.

Jessica was even worse. My own wife dismissed Leo' s pain as a "schoolyard squabble," defending Rick as an "important contact."

She then signed a "reconciliation agreement" that forced our bruised son to apologize, all to "protect our family image."

She prioritized appearances over her child.

Freeloader? Me? The CEO? The blatant bias, Rick's veiled threats, and Jessica's cold dismissal screamed betrayal.

What in God's name was really going on? This was more than a schoolyard fight; it was a deeply unsettling web of lies, and I was furious.

A cold, hard knot of suspicion tightened in my gut. This wasn't just about school donations.

That evening, I made a call to my most trusted executive assistant: "Sarah, I need everything you can find on Richard Miller and Jessica' s recent projects. Discreetly." The game had changed. And I would find out why.

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