“BOARD EMERGENCY SESSION — TODAY.”
For the first time, her composure cracked.
“You’ll regret this,” she said.
“No,” I replied steadily. “You will.”
Outside, Gabriel exhaled like he’d been holding his breath for thirty years.
“I couldn’t have done this without you.”
“You shouldn’t have had to,” I said.
Janet smiled. “Come on. Let’s go bring her empire down a notch.”
Gabriel looked at me—not like a ghost from the past, but like someone finally free.
“You always were the troublemaker,” he said.
