For the next three months, Julian left my private number alone. We used company email and short formal meetings. He offered no favors, and when old-guard board members tried to sideline my restructured marketing proposal, he made them assess it on the numbers.
He did not speak for me in those meetings. When a director challenged my forecast, Julian asked him to identify the faulty line and let me answer. Outside the conference room, he kept the same distance he had promised with his silence.
I took over what remained of the Vance account after the scandal and rebuilt the project. The revised campaign finished thirty percent above its target.
The work took late nights and several ugly calls with sponsors who wanted no connection to Marcus. I fought for each remaining contract, rebuilt th
