Chapter 53 The Wall

• The Lin Foundation became a fortress of purpose, and I was its commander. We worked with a relentless, focused energy that left little room for anything else. Case files piled up on the digital servers—each one a story of a broken career, a stolen idea, a life derailed by a system tilted toward power. Dr. Aris Thorne’s case was our flagship, a complex knot of academic corruption and medical malfeasance that our small, fierce team was slowly untangling.
• Alexander threw himself into the work with the same obsessive intensity he’d once applied to corporate takeovers. But now, his target was redemption, and his weapon was transparency. He was a surprisingly adept advisor, his mind for strategy now focused on navigating legal loopholes and leveraging media attention for good. He was useful. Brilliantly, infuriatingly useful.
• And that was the problem.