Chapter 14 - Claire Takes A Different Job

Claire did not stay at Northgate.
She received whistleblower protections and resolved her employment claims through counsel.
Then she accepted a position at a nonprofit housing developer.
Less money.
Better sleep.
We became friends slowly.
Not because she rescued me.
She did not.
She gave me information at a critical moment.
My attorney did her job.
Forensic accountants did theirs.
Independent directors acted.
Investigators followed evidence.
I made decisions.
No single hero saved the day.
That mattered.
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The old Northgate story had already suffered from one man claiming he built everything alone.
I refused to replace it with another myth.