Chapter 9 - I Sat in the Same Chair for One Last Meeting—Then Stood Up in Front of Every Man Who Had Profited From My ParalysisWe gathered everyone.
My legal adviser.
Security chief.
Doctors.
Rafael.
My father.
The people controlling my companies.
Everyone.
They believed I was still paralyzed.
I entered in the wheelchair.
Lily stood behind me.
Audrey watched from the doorway.
The room began.
Rafael smiled.
“Still sitting, brother?”
I looked at him.
“Yes.”
He laughed.
Then Lily pressed play on the recording.
Every confession.
Every payment.
Every doctor.
Every lie.
Screens lit up.
Financial records.
Medical files.
Audio.
Photographs.
Rafael froze.
I stood.
The room became silent.
Nobody moved.
My father's face changed.
“You can't walk.”
I took one step.
Then another.
“I can.”
Rafael stumbled backward.
Lily smiled.
“See?”
My father stared.
“You were supposed to stay broken.”
I looked at him.
“I was.”
“Then why?”
I looked at Lily.
“Someone reminded me I wasn't.”
The room erupted.
Federal agents entered.
The arrests began.
My father was taken.
Rafael was taken.
The security chief.
The doctors.
The lawyers.
Everyone.
The Harbor King had finally stood.
May you like
Not because he wanted power.
Because he wanted his life back.
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