Chapter 17 - The Disgraced Heir Searches Desperately For Corporate Allies
Inside the federal holding facility visiting booth, Julian frantically tried to reach former political and business allies.
He pressed his phone receiver against his ear, waiting for someone—anyone—to accept his desperate collect call.
Line after line disconnected automatically, signaling that his former network wanted nothing to do with him.
Even his closest university fraternity brothers refused to take his calls or reply to his legal letters.
“They’re abandoning me... after all the campaign donations and insider tips I gave them!” he shouted in despair.
The prison guard standing nearby stared at him with complete professional indifference and silence.
“Your allies only cared about your money and power, Mr. Sterling; now you have neither,” the guard noted coldly.
Julian slammed the phone down onto its cradle, his face turning pale as total isolation set in.
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He realized that his entire life had been built on transactional relationships that vanished at the first sign of trouble.
The loneliness of his prison cell was the ultimate reflection of his empty, selfish soul.
