Chapter 10 - NEW HORIZONS
Two years passed. The past became a ghost we rarely thought of.
I sold the sprawling, sterile mansion in Austin and bought a massive, sunlit ranch in the Colorado mountains. We traded country clubs for hiking trails, and societal expectations for horseback riding and campfires.
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Lily thrived. She was seven now, a wild, happy child with scraped knees and a brilliant, fearless smile. She had friends who didn't care about my money or my past, children of locals and ranchers who just wanted to play hide-and-seek in the woods.
I found peace. I started a foundation in Claire’s name, dedicated to funding legal advocacy for abused children. I used my money, my ruthlessness, and my power not to intimidate rivals, but to crush the monsters who hid in plain sight. I became a different kind of Don—a protector of those who had no one else.
