Chapter 4

The video played on repeat, Amanda's smug voice echoing through the empty hotel room. I sat on the edge of the bed, my hands trembling as rage and desperation battled for dominance within me.

For five years, I had poured my heart and soul into that game. Five years of late nights, of missed birthdays and anniversaries, of sacrificing everything for the sake of my marriage and my career. And this was how they repaid me? By stealing my work, by humiliating me in front of the entire industry?

I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't just sit here and…