The book soared up bestseller lists. Social media devoured Mark. Memes. Hashtags. Podcasts. TikToks reenacting scenes.
Clients fled Apex Dynamics. Stock plummeted.
Mark panicked.
He screamed at lawyers. Tried to sue everyone. Tried to buy and destroy the book.
Too late.
The board met without him.
“You stink,” the vice chairman told him.
He was removed—not for crimes, but for reputational toxicity.
Chloe was fired the same day.
I didn’t attend.
I signed a copy of the book and sent it to him as security escorted him out.
The inscription was simple:
You gave me the plot. I wrote the ending.
Part 4: The Final Twist
A year later, an email arrived.
Subject: The Real Ledger
Inside was evidence far worse than Mark’s crimes—proof the board itself was corrupt.
A note at the end read:
They used your book as cover. Don’t stop now.
I smiled.
They thought the story was finished.
It wasn’t.
This time, it wouldn’t be fiction.