The news cycle exploded within hours. By noon, every major news outlet was running the story of Barry's disappearing wealth. Financial experts were debating whether the glitch had ever been real or if Barry was a fraud. Conspiracy theorists were creating wild theories about what was really happening.
But Barry was no longer watching the news. Instead, he was in his mansion's private library, meeting with three people who represented what his wealth could actually do: Dr. Sarah Mills, Marcus Williams, and Elena Garcia.
Dr. Sarah Mills was a fifty-five-year-old cancer researcher who had been struggling for ten years to fund her research. Her work showed promise in treating stage-four tumors, but no pharmaceutical company wanted to fund it because there wasn't enough profit potential. She h
