The two of them were reduced to rags and misery.
Like rats chased into a corner, they had finally paid the price for their greed and stupidity.
As for me, I couldn't even bring myself to spare them a second glance.
*****
Six months later, the first major snowstorm of winter hit Mantuis.
At a major intersection on Fifth Avenue, cameras flashed from every direction as I cut the ribbon on the largest medical group in Relian, a company fully under my control.
Dressed in the latest couture suit, I stood at the center of it all.
Business networks covered the event live.
Financial newspapers ran special editions.
The headlines all said the same thing:
"Wall Street's New Queen of Healthcare."
That night, around ten o'clock, my Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled out of the underground garage and
