They expected a seamless cover-up for Marcus, until my refusal gave the entire family a massive reality check.

watching over them.

Now I sit on the balcony of my secure Midtown penthouse, gazing across the Atlanta skyline.

I have found a true, honorable father figure in Colonel Johnson, who checks on me every day.

As my phone lights up with a notification showing Marcus begging for prison commissary money from his cell, I calmly slide the power switch off, take a slow sip of my vintage Cabernet, and finally settle into the sweet, silent warmth of complete freedom.