Two years after Maya's school presentation, Ral received email from International Criminal Court requesting his participation in documentary about the Volkov prosecution. The project aimed to examine how ordinary citizens contributed to exposing transnational corruption, featuring interviews with witnesses, investigators, and family members who had risked their safety for justice.
"They want to film us discussing our experience," Ral told Louis, showing her the detailed proposal. "Compensation is substantial and editorial approval is guaranteed. But it means going fully public—faces, names, locations. No more protective anonymity."
"Maya is nine now," Louis observed, studying the proposal with journalist's eye for legitimate versus exploitative projects. "Old enough to participate in dec
