Six days before the gala, Vivian finally tried to stop Lucas. Ethan learned about it from another clinic recording Grace had preserved through the same evidence channel she was already using.

"She called him to the Hart clinic," Grace said. "Closed office. No assis

Ethan refused to build the plan around one dramatic speech. He had spent too long learning what happened when only one person held the truth. So the night before the gala, he and Grace divided everything.

One evidence packet went to investigative reporter Claire

For one second, nobody moved. Vivian stared at Ethan as if the dead had actually risen.

"Ethan?"

Lucas stood. "Security."

That broke the spell. Two guards moved from the wall while Ethan kept walking.

Vivian stepped into the aisle. "Wait."

Lucas grabbed her arm