The corporate board discovered the company was deeply in debt and built entirely on my uncredited labor, forcing my father to resign in disgrace. I declined their offer to stay and instead opened my own firm with Leah, securing the Harbor District consortium as our very first client. Months later, I met my father at a local cafe where he expressed regret, but I made it clear that I was not ready to forgive his lifelong exploitation. I finally stopped hiding behind his success and started living my own life while leading major projects under my actual name.
