(Luca’s POV)
By morning, the flames were already spreading.
The files from Emery’s flash drive had hit the inboxes of every major media outlet on the East Coast. Anonymous leak. No explanation.
Just cold, hard truth.
Corruption. Bribery. Harassment payouts. Hidden deaths.
And at the heart of it all?
The Caldwell name.
Luca hadn’t said a word since the drive went out. He hadn’t slept, hadn’t eaten, hadn’t left Emery’s side except to make one call — to the one man he swore he’d never speak to again.
His father.
Straight to voicemail.
Coward.
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That afternoon, his name was removed from the Halston Athletics roster.
Suspended indefinitely.
Pending investigation.
No mention of the truth.
No mention of what they’d exposed.
Just a cold, sterile cut.
He’d known it was coming.
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