The room fell silent.
The older man rose slowly, his expression darkening as he realized that the world he had spent years controlling had finally turned against him.
“You,” he said, pointing at Harrison. “You were one of us. You swore the oath.”
Harrison stepped fully into the room.
“I swore to protect families, not exploit them. There's a difference you chose to forget.”
Silas's jaw tightened.
“Edward figured out what you were doing twenty years ago,” Harrison continued. “He discovered how you were using the Circle to control businesses, families, and even the foundation. He told Elena what he'd found. And she told me.”
My eyes moved to my mother.
She had known.
All this time, while I had been searching through old records and questioning everyone around me, she had been carryin
