Chapter 3: Collapse of an Empire
By dawn, everything changed.
News spread quickly.
Investigations opened.
Investors withdrew.
The Rivas name—once admired—became a headline for scandal.
I watched it all from a hospital room, safe at last, surrounded by people who actually cared whether I lived or died.
“You’re free now,” my father told me.
I shook my head gently.
“Not yet.”
Because freedom wasn’t just leaving.
It was reclaiming everything they tried to take.
The recordings were released.
Every threat. Every insult. Every calculated plan.
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The world saw who Santiago really was.
And the world turned away.
