Raymond’s POV
"I get the urgency, Michael, but I can't sacrifice quality just to meet a political deadline."
I leaned back in my chair, rubbing my temple as my phone buzzed with another calendar reminder.
On my desk, two files were open—one for the São Paulo wellness project and the other for our Nairobi mental health pilot. Both required my signature before noon. Both had conditions attached.
But my focus wasn’t on either.
It was on the tablet next to my keyboard, streaming the interview I wasn’t invited to attend.
Naomi Montego-Darlington – Live with Evelyn Ross.
She appeared… radiant. Confident. Polished. Her voice was steady, articulate—each response delivered with poise, each smile perfectly timed.
Yet, I knew the woman behind that screen. I recognized the tremor in her finger
