THEY HUMILIATED HIS PREGNANT EX-WIFE AT DINNER—THEN HER ONE PHONE CALL FROZE THEIR BILLION-DOLLAR EMPIRE

behind Brendan, always behind Diane, always part of a story that had never acknowledged her. By evening, the narrative had flipped so sharply it felt unreal to anyone watching it unfold in real time.

The “humiliated ex-wife” had been the controlling owner all along.

Brendan called forty-three times.

Cassidy did not answer.

Diane sent one message.

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