Chapter 10 - ETHAN STOPPED REACHING FOR FOODThe financial investigation could wait.
Ethan could not.
After weeks of Serena removing meals as “discipline,” he developed a behavior Lily noticed.
He stopped reaching for snacks in front of adults.
At fourteen months.
He would stare.
Wait.
Sometimes cry.
But not reach.
Lily told the pediatric specialist.
They worked gently.
Predictable meals.
No coercion.
No withholding.
Victor sat on the floor during snack time.
One afternoon, Ethan reached for a banana slice.
Then looked at Victor.
Victor smiled.
“Take it.”
Ethan did.
Simple.
Victor cried afterward in the hallway.
Lily pretended not to notice until he said:
“I let someone teach my son to be afraid of food.”
Lily answered:
“Then help him learn something different.”
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No melodrama.
Work.
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Chapter 11 - SERENA APOLOGIZED TO THE WRONG PERSON FIRSTSerena’s first apology went to Victor.
Chapter 12 - VICTOR LEFT THE UNDERWORLDNot overnight.
Chapter 13 - DOMINIC LOST CONTROLDominic’s scheme unraveled through finance, not gunfire.
Chapter 14 - LILY WAS OFFERED MONEYAfter everything, Victor offered Lily a large retention bonus.
Chapter 15 - THE WOMAN ETHAN RAN TOFive years later, Ethan was six.
