Chapter 8 - THE PUBLIC APOLOGY
Walter called a press conference and announced that the company would cooperate with the investigation into Richard’s security firm. Ethan stood beside him and said the company had used its influence to silence questions about the crash.
Walter later offered me an envelope. I refused it.
“My mother worked two jobs while I learned to walk again,” I told him. “She sold her car to pay for therapy. Daniel carried guilt for twelve years. I spent those years believing my life was over. What amount would make that fair?”
Walter looked away.
Vivian told him he needed to apologize. In front of employees and reporters, he finally admitted he had been wrong to humiliate me and wrong to use his position to make people feel small.
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It was not enough, but it was the first honest sentence I had heard from him. Richard was located two days later and arrested on charges connected to intimidation and evidence tampering. Daniel’s statement helped establish the timeline.
The federation sent me another letter. They had reserved a place for me on the floor—not as a contestant, but as a guest who had earned the right to return.
