She understood something different now.
Her father had never said weak joints should be hidden.
He had said they had to be found before the whole structure failed.
Ethan had once seen her name at the bottom of a document and signed it away.
Now Cross Harbor’s new review policy carried a requirement created because Mia Carter had refused, twice, to ignore one dangerous word.
The first time, nobody listened.
The second time, she was holding a water pitcher when she spoke.
That did not make her warning smaller.
It only proved how badly everyone else had misunderstood who in the room had the power to see what was actually happening.
