Chapter 17 - The Price of Arrogance
Six months later.
The lavish Vance mansion was sold at a public foreclosure auction to pay off corporate debts and legal restitution for the victims of the lab explosion.
Victoria Vance was forced to take an entry-level retail job at a local department store just to pay rent on a tiny one-bedroom apartment in the outer city. Every day, as she folded clothes, she had to look up at the giant digital billboards across the street.
The billboards featured a stunning portrait of Maya Lin, smiling warmly in a brilliant dark blue suit, standing tall beside children and veterans who were learning to walk again using her open-source prosthetics.
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Victoria lowered her head every time she walked past those billboards, consumed by the agonizing realization of what her own cruelty had cost her.
👉 Read PART 18 to see the foundation Maya established for others in need!
