Chapter 9 - The Phoenix
A year passed since the wedding that never was.
With the Sterling empire liquidated to pay back the investors they had defrauded, the city’s power dynamics shifted. And I had become somewhat of a legend in the financial district.
I quit my government job and used my newfound reputation to open my own private forensic auditing firm. My phone rang off the hook. Every honest CEO wanted the woman who took down the Sterlings to audit their books, and every corrupt executive lived in fear that I would knock on their door.
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My father was able to retire early, taking a long-deserved fishing trip to Alaska. Chloe became my firm’s head of public relations, thriving in the fast-paced corporate world.
I was finally independent. I didn't need a wealthy family to give me status. I had built my own empire, brick by honest brick.
