Chapter 19 - Julian Learns The Ice Calculator Returns
Deep inside the maximum-security penitentiary upstate, Julian Blackwood sat in the sterile gray prison cafeteria.
He stared blankly at his plastic tray of tasteless food, wearing a faded orange jumpsuit with his inmate ID stitched across the chest.
A prison guard tossed a weekly edition of the Financial Times onto the metal table with a dismissive thud.
Julian looked down listlessly at the front page, expecting to see some other corporate titan dominating the headlines.
Instead, a full-page feature story stared right back at him with a crisp, high-definition photograph.
Evelyn Hart stood on the balcony of her Manhattan penthouse, smiling with radiant confidence under the title:
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“The Return of the Ice Calculator: How Evelyn Hart Reclaimed Her Billion-Dollar Throne.”
Julian’s hands shook violently as he dropped the newspaper, the terrifying realization finally crushing his remaining sanity.
