Six weeks later, the world was different.
WestTech had stabilized under Julian's returning leadership—restructured, rebranded, and refocused on transparency. GuardianMesh 1.0 officially launched at the Tech for Humanity press event, backed by full FDA certification and public support.
The press called it a miracle.
Julian called it a patch.
A life-saving one.
The crowd at the rollout event cheered as Sierra Hale took the stage—not as an outsider, not as a ghost—but as WestTech's newly appointed **Chief Vision Officer.**
“Innovation," she said, “is only ethical if it leaves no one behind. That includes the people who break it open to save it."
Cameras flashed.
Investors cheered.
Julian appeared via live hologram from his rehab suite, dressed in a graphite suit, tie off, smile crook
