The glass-walled headquarters of the Lacy Corporation sat like a crown jewel in the heart of Valor City, yet inside the executive suite, the atmosphere was anything but celebratory. Sarah Lacy let out a long, weary sigh as she tucked the final equity transfer agreement into her heavy floor-safe. The metallic click of the lock echoed in the quiet room, a final punctuation mark on a week of relentless corporate warfare. She looked at the stacks of documents already inside—dozens of signed waivers and transfers—and felt a pang of profound isolation.
Why did no one believe her? She had spoken nothing but the truth since the beginning of this ordeal, yet her words seemed to fall on deaf ears, muffled by the greed of those around her. Was the world truly reduced to nothing more than profit and
