Grace A few days passed and to my complete horror, the news of the buyback unfolded alongside reports of the break-in. I couldn’t even read it. The phones at the company were ringing off the hook. A whirlwind of chaos enveloped us. Stocks were being sold back at an alarming rate and falling, driven by the smear campaign Eason had orchestrated. The campaign portrayed me as a figure of questionable competence, and our beloved Mooncrest pack's future was suddenly cast in doubt. “The break-in seemed to help,” Charles said. I groaned. Navigating the tide of negative publicity was a challenge unlike any I had faced before. My head hurt just thinking about trying to rebuild Wolfe Medical and Mooncrest’s image. The onslaught of rumors and distorted information that were tarnishing both W