The Last Call: From Star to Scapegoat

he large window, lookin

ci

one would k

Architectural Prize

meant ev

tion, a partners

signs, his models,

, the part

ter, CEO of Miller Ho

utiful and ambitious, was

it a pre-c

th spread through

lieved

d her glass, her voice c

in control, the head of

re of arc

ed, her eyes

tar," Victoria sa

led back,

watched fr

part of the family sinc

t too, or t

he look in

e. Somet

always ther

Ethan chose

later, th

s voice

he downtown site. Victoria and I n

What i

ehouse district, Pi

but it was Ashle

district was d

o sign of Ashley's

ker of

out of

hle

le

emerged from

ster. Not

rd faces,

moved

to figh

ma

loded in

nds. A sick

arm, a sea

"Make sure he ne

kne

in a hosp

s, beeping

ere. A sharp pain i

d beside his

you were luck

ords were clin

rm has significant nerve and muscle damage. Partial hearing loss

n st

nds. H

ca

o

over him, col

ictoria were

s etched w

re alive," Ashley said, he

his uninjured hand

lice said it was a random m

, Ethan," Ashley promis

xtinguished by the doctor's

sedated, drif

t sure if it wa

but his body felt

all lounge adjoinin

And Vi

ing through the f

nded hesitan

eded him to miss the deadline, not

ood ra

s voice

t solves the problem permanently. Ja

so

him. Ethan's always had it easy; he's a Miller. He'll be comfortable

A small kitchen fir

shley and a younger Victoria out wh

save

m, harder than a

bsolute and

er. His

rld sh

single tear escaping

as nothing compared to

red small

ding excuses for

conversations to praise

ere mysteriously sabotaged, setbacks

been

ll a threat to their tw

as a

le rehab facility, Etha

useless, wrap

The colostomy bag was a con

passed. Jason, he hea

indow. The world se

emed like th

was a consta

oon, a wom

uit, ca

e herself by name,

x BioGe

quietly,

of your... unique injuries.

just s

ive medicine. Neurological recovery. Tec

pa

Protocol. It's high-risk, high

ed him i

a chance. Not just to re

ord echoed in t

an managed, h

ller. And perhaps, other moti

only

o career, no love, no

urning,

said, the words

And a tiny, d

st