Chapter 12

Meanwhile, Vivian called a press conference of her own, describing Nolan as a washed-up fighter exploiting his old reputation to obstruct meaningful progress for the city. She made a point of mentioning that he rented a small apartment, drove an aging car, and survived largely on donations to his community program, twisting his simplicity into evidence of failure rather than sacrifice.Dalton Kingsley, watching from the back of that same press conference, felt something uneasy stirring in his chest. He knew Preston had deliberately edited the footage, and he knew Grant had thrown the first shove that started everything. When Dalton quietly suggested releasing the complete recording to set the record straight, Vivian reminded him coldly that his family needed Ashcroft support to finalize an unrelated hotel deal worth a great deal more than his conscience. Dalton said nothing further and slipped back into silence, caught between guilt and the comfortable weight of his family's business interests.Three days later, Nolan received an official notice informing him that Riverside Open Mat, the free program he had built from nothing, would be permanently shut down unless he could prove within seventy-two hours that he had not been the aggressor at the park.Vivian pressed her advantage relentlessly in the days that followed, using both money and influence to isolate Nolan from every remaining source of support. The company that had donated exercise equipment quietly ended its partnership, citing vague concerns about liability. The landlord of the small rented space raised the closing time without warning, and several worried parents pulled their children from the program, unsettled by headlines describing violence they had never actually witnessed.

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