Chapter 10 - The Tables Turn
By sunrise, the landscape had completely transformed. Northstar Capital Group had frozen all activity connected to the trust-related filings, immediately suspending Caleb's access, flagging his paperwork, and opening a formal internal review.
The man who had walked into a hospital hallway believing he held absolute control over Nia's life was suddenly fighting desperately to retain control of his own company. Nia sat at Lena's kitchen table listening to Adrien recount the fallout, feeling no sense of hollow victory, but rather a profound, grounding sense of freedom.
When Adrien arrived with a message that Caleb desperately wanted to see her to talk his way out of the disaster, Lena shook her head, knowing men like him always tried. But Nia stood up, declaring she would meet him because he finally deserved to hear the raw truth face-to-face.
