The fire started small.
A single article. Buried on a lesser-known business site. A minor headline: “Harlow Holdings Under Internal Review After Whistleblower Leak.”
But within hours, it spread like wildfire.
By midday, the New York business circuits were ablaze. Elowen sat in a downtown café, hood drawn over her head, watching the chaos unfold on her phone. Article after article, report after report. Anonymous sources. Allegations of embezzlement, fraud, tax evasion. A growing storm, and at the center of it all: Rowan Harlow.
She stirred her tea absently as she read the latest update.
“A formal investigation is expected to be announced by the SEC later this week.”
She didn’t smile, but she felt it. That slow, steady fire building behind her ribs. The one that said: He finally knows
