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The heavy manila folder landed on the polished mahogany coffin with a sharp, echoing slap that cut through the frozen cemetery air like a whip. / Chapter 10 / 10

Chapter 10 - THE FINAL WORDSome people spend their entire lives running from adversity.

Me?

I built my entire kingdom out of it.

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The air in the Boston basement apartment was thick with the scent of old paper and damp brick.

The air in the Boston basement apartment was thick with the scent of old...

The hotel suite overlooking the Chicago River was quiet, save for the low hum of the climate control unit and the faint, distant wail of a city siren.

The hotel suite overlooking the Chicago River was quiet, save for the lo...

The small, static-heavy television screen in the correctional facility's common room flickered with the bright, artificial glare of studio lighting.

The small, static-heavy television screen in the correctional facility's...

I turned back toward the warm lights of the boardroom, ready for whatever tomorrow had to bring, knowing one absolute truth:

Never underestimate someone who has already survived the worst life can throw at them. They are entirely invincible.

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