Chapter 4 — The Truth Before the City
Within minutes, reporters outside the gala noticed the gathering.
Cameras turned toward the entrance.
The billionaire family had spent decades presenting an image of perfection.
Now every guest watched that image collapse in real time.
The matriarch lowered herself into a chair.
She no longer looked powerful.
Only exhausted.
"I thought protecting the family meant sacrificing one child."
The driver shook his head.
"You weren't protecting anyone."
"You were protecting your reputation."
Silence followed.
Finally, she looked toward the young man.
"I'm sorry."
He didn't answer immediately.
After a long pause, he simply said,
"You weren't absent from my life."
"You chose to be."
No one defended her.
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No one interrupted.
Even her closest friends quietly walked away.
