Hazel's POV "Gerald Chambers paid me two hundred thousand dollars to force a car off the road twelve years ago," the driver said into the microphone, his voice trembling but clear, silencing the entire room of reporters instantly. Camera flashes exploded across the space, and I stood beside Julian at the podium, gripping his hand tightly as twelve years of buried truth finally spilled into daylight in front of everyone. "He told me the target was a business rival's car," the driver continued. "He never told me an innocent woman would step directly into the path meant for someone else. I have carried that guilt for twelve years, and I am done carrying it silently." Marcus stepped forward next, presenting the bank records methodically, the shell companies, the offshore payments, each doc

