CHAPTER 2: THE WOMAN WHO LOST EVERYTHING
Five days later, Sophie lost her job.
The supermarket claimed they were reducing staff.
That was a lie.
The real reason was simple.
She had publicly complained when a local developer forced dozens of poor families from their homes.
The developer happened to be one of the city's wealthiest investors.
Powerful people hated being embarrassed.
Especially by poor people.
Sophie left carrying her final paycheck.
Two hundred and thirteen dollars.
That was all she had left.
When she arrived home, another disaster awaited.
The landlord was evicting them.
Thirty days.
Then they would be homeless.
That night, Sophie sat beside her mother's hospital bed.
For the first time in years, she cried.
She thought nobody cared.
She was wrong.
Across town, Arthur Kingsley was reading a report.
Every detail of Sophie's life.
Her struggles.
Her sacrifices.
The money she had given him.
The kindness she showed when she believed he had nothing.
Arthur slowly closed the file.
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Then he made a phone call.
"Find her."
