Chapter 60 - The Quiet Correction
Moretti Capital issued a short public statement: the offering timetable was under review, the valuation leak was being investigated independently, and certain personnel access had been restricted pending findings. No child was named.
A separate notice corrected the false suggestion that Adrian and I had reconciled legally. Miriam checked the wording before I agreed not to issue my own statement.
At dinner Elena read the release twice. “That's it?”
“That's it.”
“No dramatic apology? No headline?”
“A headline would make everything worse.”
She poured more sparkling water into my glass. “You're getting very boring.”
“It's my finest new quality.”
I had spent months associating quiet with suppression because that was how Adrian used it. This quiet was different. It was the absence of an unnecessary public battle.
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I looked around my small kitchen: a drying rack, two chipped plates, a half-finished crib sketch, and a stack of bookstore drawings. Nothing glittered. Nothing required an executive signature.
For the first time in years, the room felt complete.
