Single dad stops bully attacking twin girls at park, not knowing her mom is his …

Two men sat inside, faces shadowed, watching. Ethan walked right up to the curb, rag still in hand, and stared until they drove off. That night, his phone buzzed.

Olivia’s voice was tight. He’s escalating. My board just told me two investors are pulling out.

And I have reason to believe Derek’s feeding false stories to the press about both of us. So he’s trying to burn us down at the same time, Ethan said. Yes, she replied, but I have a way to end it.

Her plan was as risky as it was bold. Collect proof of Derek’s financial crimes, embezzlement, offshore laundering, bribery, and feed it anonymously to the right media outlets. But until it went public, they’d be targets, Ethan thought of Lily, of the twins, of the way Harper had hugged him after the park incident, like she knew she was safe.

I’m in, he said. For the next week, they worked in shadows. Olivia used her corporate access to pull incriminating files.

Ethan reached out to people who owed him favors, old army buddies, a retired cop, getting recordings and eyewitness statements. One night, as they left a meeting with a whistleblower, a figure stepped out from the alley, one of Derek’s men. Mr. Cole, the man sneered.

Maybe you should focus on fixing cars and leave the rest alone. Ethan stepped in close, voice low and even. Tell your boss if he so much as looks at those girls again, I’ll forget I’m trying to be civil.

The man didn’t reply, just backed into the dark. Olivia’s gaze was unreadable, but there was the faintest glint of respect in her eyes. The leak hit the news before sunrise.

By 9 AM, Derek Cole’s face was on every local channel. Words like embezzlement, bribery, and fraud scrolling beneath him. Reporters camped outside his office.

The stock of his company plummeted before the market even closed. Detective Reynolds called Ethan personally. He’s done…