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As soon as Keira said this, Erin and Jenkins exchanged a look, then both shook their heads.

Keira frowned. "What's the problem?"

Erin shrugged. "Ever since we left the South family, we've only kept in touch in our group chat. We haven't met in person for years!"

She looked over at Jenkins. "You too? Haven't seen her?"

Jenkins nodded.

Erin scoffed, "So, you didn't even see her in person, and just one phone call had you running scared?"

gaze. "What

paused, quiet for a moment, her silence enough to tell Keira that she would've

explained, "I built an empire in Country A, not by myself but with a team that just kept expanding. The bigger it got, the more I

in understanding. She'd lived through that

in a diner, waiting tables, back in middle school. When she left the Olsen family, Mrs. Olsen had given her some money to get by, but it was immediately taken by Poppy, who declared Keira unworthy of spending Olsen money. From then on, she'd been on her own. She started with a summer job at that diner. It was rough, but she was smart and a fast learner. She watched the chef work and could replicate a dish after just one demonstration. Soon enough, she'd step in when the chef was sick, cooking for an entire

year of hard work later, she'd saved about ten thousand dollars—a safety net she intended to use to support herself through school. But academics came easily to her. While others struggled, she found that studying took hardly any time, leaving her more hours to

heart went out to the staff who had been like family to

business grew. She eventually expanded into other service industries, starting a courier company, then a property management business—ventures that helped those at the bottom of the ladder. Each new business met a basic need for

Group, which brought in millions every year. But no matter how big she got, she kept that first diner open,

Jenkins. In Country A, she must have faced the same dilemma—growing a business that became too big to fully control. So when Clownfish threatened to blow up her company

from her own life was unthinkable. But she'd done it for her employees' safety, and that told Keira something about her character. It was this integrity that made Keira

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