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    Hamilton’s gaze tracked the jet as it dwindled into a thin silver thread against the sky.


    He slumped back into the driver’s seat, wordless, watching a wave of people pouring toward the building. The ce looked as battered and disced as Josh himself — stripped of its former dignity.


    Hamilton gripped the steering wheel, only now noticing the tremor in his own hands.


    After what felt like an eternity, he reached for his phone, moving as if pulled by invisible strings, and dialed Dani’s number.


    When she answered, his voice emerged raw and hollow. “Dani, I’m outside McCoy Group. Could youe pick me up?” Something about it felt off. In that instant, Hamilton’s thoughts sputtered to a halt, leaving nothing but a numb void behind his eyes.


    The fortune he’d spent decades building vanished, and thepany he’d painstakingly grown evaporated overnight. Speech eluded him.


    He nced at his overflowing contact list — old friends, influential business partners, three younger brothers, five sons — six now — yet in this moment of ruin, he couldn’t bring himself to reach out to a single one of them. The only number his trembling fingers dialed was Dani’s.


    Dani showed up on her own.


    As she drove, Hamilton sat in stunned silence. He switched off his phone, too shaken to speak.


    Dani kept her full attention on the road.


    A sharp gust of cold wind swept past as they continued on.


    Hamilton slowly turned his head, his eyes settling on Dani’s calm profile. After a long pause, he spoke in a trembling voice. “Dani, I’ve been swindled out of a lot of money.”


    Dani kept her gaze fixed on the road, steering clear of the heavy traffic. “Hmm,” she replied quietly.


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    Hamilton went on. “I spent my whole life working hard, and now, at this age, someone tricked me out of so much money. I can’t handle it.”


    It was strange.


    Yearster, whenever Hamilton thought back to that day and everything he said to Dani, shame would creep in.


    He had been nearly falling apart in front of his daughter-inw, all over lost money.


    But back then, the words hade without hesitation.


    Around Dani, his defenses dropped. He couldn’t hide how broken he felt.


    If he had to open up to anyone, it would be Dani.


    His unreliable brothers, his letdown of five sons, and even Cedric, who was not close with him — none of them felt like the right person to turn to.


    But Dani — his daughter-inw he once dismissed — felt like the only dependable one right then.


    “Dani…” Hamilton’s voice cracked as he looked at her steady expression — so calm, like nothing could shake her. Maybe that was why he couldn’t stop himself. “I was scammed. A huge amount! That was the money I’d set aside for my grandkids.”


    Hamilton feltpletely overwhelmed.


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