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6. My Father’s True Legacy

With my legal freedom secured, I faced the most important question: What was I supposed to do with $8.4 billion? I didn’t want yachts, mansions, or a new life built on luxury. Money had already poisoned so many people I loved, including Ryan. Instead, I returned to something my father used to say: “Build something that will outlive you.”

So I started planning. A foundation for infrastructure innovation. Scholarships for engineering students. A program to restore rural bridges in failing counties. Seed grants for clean energy research. Agent Pierce connected me with ethical financial planners. Not the sharkskin suit kind, but the kind who cared more about impact than profit. My life became bigger than survival. Bigger than revenge. Bigger even than my father’s secret. But one thing remained. Closure.