Chapter 3: The Family Finally Breaks
Chapter 3: The Family Finally Breaks
News of the footage spread across social media before sunset.
Within hours, reporters surrounded my parents' estate.
Business partners began withdrawing investments.
Board members demanded emergency meetings.
Sponsors canceled contracts.
The family empire that had taken decades to build began collapsing in a single day.
That evening my father knocked on the hospital room door.
For the first time in my life, he looked old.
"I was wrong," he admitted quietly.
"I thought protecting him meant protecting our family."
I looked at Lily sleeping peacefully beside me.
"No," I answered.
"You protected his cruelty."
Tears filled his eyes.
"I don't expect forgiveness."
"You shouldn't."
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He nodded once before silently leaving the room.
Neither of us expected it to be the last real conversation we'd ever have.
