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That day changed my life forever. Victoria didn’t just write me a check; she hired me as Apex Aeronautics’ Special Technical Consultant. The company provided me with a beautiful corporate apartment and a full scholarship to MIT to get my formal engineering degree. More importantly, Victoria flew her newly fixed jet down to Alabama to personally pick up my grandfather, bringing him to a world-class medical facility in Atlanta.
As for Vance Sterling? The internal audit uncovered his massive web of sabotage, fraud, and racial discrimination. He was stripped of his wealth, hit with corporate espionage charges, and sentenced to federal prison. Apex Aeronautics instituted the “Jenkins Protocol”—a mandatory blind skill-test for all new hires, ensuring no one would ever be judged by the shoes on their feet, or the lack thereof, ever again.
My grandfather always said metal had a heartbeat. I just had to listen hard enough to hear my own.