Chapter 20 - Grant Watches Her Success From A Cold Cell
In the quiet library of the State Correctional Center, an aging Grant sat at a wooden table holding a recent issue of Forbes.
On the cover was a striking photograph of Claire standing confidently in front of the Chicago skyline beneath a bold headline: The Titan Of Logistics.
Grant’s calloused fingers traced her face on the glossy page, tears leaking slowly from his tired eyes onto the paper.
He remembered the freezing night he had slapped her, thrown her out into the storm, and slammed the door with arrogant laughter.
He realized now that when he threw Claire out into the dark, he had thrown away the only true light his life would ever know.
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Now, he was just a forgotten prisoner in a cold gray cell, while the woman he tried to break ruled the corporate world above.
He closed the magazine gently, burying his head in his arms as the heavy iron cell doors slammed shut for the night.
