Chapter 19

Three years later, I became director of finance.
Same company.
Same building.
Different conference room now, because renovations happened.
But I kept the old room on the booking calendar for one annual meeting.
Digital safety review.
Every year, I stood where Claire had slapped me and reminded the team:
“Evidence can be real and still tell a false story if someone builds it from stolen pieces.”
People listened.
They had to.
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The story was no longer gossip.
It was policy.