CHAPTER 5: THE WORLD LEARNS THE TRUTH
Within hours…
The video went viral.
News channels covered the graduation incident.
The headline appeared everywhere:
“Graduation Slap Turns Into Billionaire Family Scandal.”
People who once admired Richard Bennett started asking questions.
His company shares dropped.
Partners abandoned him.
The same reputation he spent twenty-two years protecting…
Collapsed in one afternoon.
Professor Hughes invited me into her office.
She looked at me carefully.
“Why didn’t you expose them earlier?”
I smiled sadly.
“Because I was still hoping they would choose me.”
She looked down.
“And now?”
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I looked through the window.
“Now I choose myself.”
