Chapter 13 - THE MEDICAL EVALUATION
Dr. Harrison gently applied an antiseptic wipe to the cut along Elena's jawline while she stared into the flames.
"You handled that situation with terrifying precision, Elena; your father would have been immensely proud," the doctor noted.
"My father built this company on honesty and grit, Dr. Harrison; I couldn't let thieves destroy his legacy," she murmured softly.
"The physical trauma will heal within a week, but the emotional recovery takes time—don't rush it," he advised gently.
"I don't need time to recover; I need justice, and today was only the opening chapter," Elena stated with quiet conviction.
She finished her medical checkup, refusing pain medication in favor of maintaining a clear, sharp, unclouded mind.
She walked over to the study desk in the corner of the safe house room, opening her laptop to review the asset logs.
Even in seclusion, her strategic mind was already mapping out the acquisition of Sterling's liquidated corporate shares.
She would restructure his entire holding company into a worker-owned cooperative trust by the end of the fiscal quarter.
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It was the ultimate poetic justice for a man who had treated human lives like disposable commodities on a balance sheet.
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