Chapter 5 - The ChallengeJulian scrambled to his feet, stammering. “S-Sawyer! You’re... you’re supposed to be resting at home.”
“I was resting,” Sawyer said smoothly, rolling forward until his chair locked at the head of the table. “Resting long enough to realize that leeches like you were trying to drain the foundation while I was distracted by my own shadow.”
June leaned over and whispered loudly to Lila, “Is that the bad man who took our old house?”
“Yes,” Lila nodded, staring at Julian with the lethal intensity of a sniper. “He’s very ugly on the inside.”
Laughter rippled through the back of the room, instantly destroying Julian’s professional authority. Furious, Julian lunged forward. “Get those filthy strays out of here! And as for you, Sawyer, you’re legally unfit to manage this company—”
“Try me,” Sawyer interrupted. He didn't use the microphone. He stood up.
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The entire boardroom gasped.
Using the customized motorized brace Lila had helped rig using spare parts and a modified neural-stimulator from his own R&D labs, Sawyer unbuckled his safety straps, gripped the edge of the conference table, and stood fully upright on his own two feet for the first time in three years.
