Ahmir
I didn’t look away until his car exited the lot and disappeared around the corner. Only then did I exhale. Not from relief, from calculation, because now I knew something I hadn’t fully understood before. This wasn’t just about a company. This wasn’t just about strategy. This was a woman who’d built her life like a fortress from rubble — and the ghosts of the men who’d helped break it still thought they had clearance. I stepped back into the principal’s office. Dr. Martinez looked up, anxious.
“Well?” she asked.
“He’s gone,” I said. “He won’t be back.”
She nodded slowly. “Should I… prepare a report for Ms. Legend? A call later? An email?”
“Not yet,” I said. “If she hears about this, it’ll be from me. And when I tell her, I want all the information in front of me.”
Her brow fur
