My phone’s screen glares back at me, the message burning into my retinas. Three hours. The company or the truth. I glance at Sonia, who’s still staring at the old photograph spread out on my desk, her fingers trembling as they trace her mother’s smiling face. The city lights twinkle beyond my office windows, oblivious to the storm raging inside me.
She has no idea about the message, about the choice I have to make. How can I tell her that in three hours, I might have to give up everything my father built to uncover the truth about her mother’s death? Or worse—that I might choose to keep his legacy intact and lose her forever?
The weight of my father’s empire presses down on my shoulders. Years of work, thousands of employees depending on me, and now it could all crumble because of se
