BENEATH THE BILLIONAIRE SILENCE

alone inside the skeletal tech center, stari

RICH SCUM

ere st

tment, maybe. Anger left too long to rot. Damian didn't call the po

notice on the wall, They'd r

y, arrived minutes later. He screa

t," Akeem said. "Everything wa

an said. "

-

en Damian walked in with the tension of s

caught it instantl

esit

ll

photo he'd taken, of th

at first, then darkening. "Is t

be b

As if my name hasn't been dr

sorry,

g real, Damian. This is it, This is real. The suspicion, the judgmen

efully. "You think I

never let you forget you came from

ttle. "Then I guess I'll have to make

-

to the local police. No me

ion to the vandalism, Not yet, But t

y said, pacing. "Motion sensors

replied, alrea

low," Ivy added. "T

f someone is trying to sc

ow and daring them to throw the next stone," Ivy

ond, but Damian gently

otect the site, we keep building

under her breath and wa

ian. "Do you know

ed. "I hav

-

to a quiet, run-down house with an old fence and a fro

ll lived

Tech. Once Damian's closes

n kno

ans

ocked

en. Marcus stood there in a

"Look who decided t

t come t

That'

. "Did you leak my l

s chuckle. "What diffe

lized the tech center,

the doorframe, "And

eone you talked to. Someone a

didn't

ted the spotlight, You've got it. You helped push t

your responsibilities, your people. You think that was brave? It was selfish. You abandone

't about

"It's about legacy,

door shut in

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notebook open-lists, goals, budget l

rown her comple

m an anony

k him about Marcus, Ask him w

en from him. Some of it... he

tared

want to b

, there was still mo

-

Damian returned,

utside before

t," she said

ace c

aven't told me. About Marcus, Ab

of his neck. "I was goi

tell m

eyes were dark with som

betray me," he said.

roze.

posed millions of user files for over a year before we caught it. We fixed it quietly, but... Marcus wan

didn't fi

sers-innocent people, would've had their data dragged throu

eeling. "You took the

r users get hurt,

the weight of it

, you weren't just looking for l

"But I stayed

Ivy burst in through the b

another break-

d up fast.

ook he

ur mote

red hard drive, me

message this time," she said. "