{"id":55,"date":"2026-10-02T13:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastestdrama.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:23:54","slug":"part-4-the-truth-about-my-airline-was-only-the-first-shock-because-her-private-deal-had-already-reached-my-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastestdrama.com\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"PART 4 \u2013 The Truth About My Airline Was Only the First Shock Because Her Private Deal Had Already Reached My Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For several seconds, Victoria did not move. The aircraft around us seemed unnaturally quiet now that most passengers had left. Cleaning crews waited discreetly near the jet bridge. Captain Garcia remained by the cockpit door. Leah stood farther back, professionally composed despite knowing that the woman who had tried to damage her career was suddenly facing the man who signed off on the structure protecting it.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria recovered faster than I expected.<\/p>\n<p>She always did.<\/p>\n<p>Shock left her face and calculation replaced it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we should discuss this privately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes moved toward the regional operations director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut whatever he said about that contract has nothing to do with this flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what the review will determine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She gave a sharp laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReview? Daniel, don\u2019t be theatrical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I picked up my duffel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For once, she carried her own handbag and left the other luggage where it stood until a ground agent offered assistance.<\/p>\n<p>We walked into the terminal through a restricted corridor leading to an operations conference room. The airport beyond the glass walls continued normally\u2014families reunited, gate agents announced boarding groups, carts moved catering supplies beneath aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria walked beside me in silence.<\/p>\n<p>Halfway down the corridor, she said, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat I run SkyPoint?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never asked what I actually did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I asked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou asked whether I was still \u2018playing with airplanes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her lips tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was affectionate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She kept walking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou deliberately let me believe you were struggling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI let you believe whatever you chose to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria took another step before turning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDishonest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou spent today telling strangers I was broke because of my clothes. You ordered me to carry your luggage because you believed my time was worth less than yours. You tried to punish an employee because she told you to follow a safety instruction. And now you\u2019re angry because I didn\u2019t provide financial statements to correct your assumptions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face flushed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am your stepmother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We entered the conference room.<\/p>\n<p>Three people waited inside: Regional Operations Director Samuel Price, employee-relations manager Erica Chen, and corporate counsel Miriam Cole, who had joined through secure video from headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria recognized Miriam immediately.<\/p>\n<p>That concerned me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiriam,\u201d Victoria said.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam\u2019s expression remained neutral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Sinclair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know each other?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria answered too quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I sat at the head of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria remained standing.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel closed the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is absurd,\u201d she said. \u201cI am not one of your employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d I replied. \u201cWhich is why the complaint you filed against Leah is being handled as a passenger matter. The vendor issue is separate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She finally sat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re confusing two completely unrelated situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat may be true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam spoke from the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the review should establish that easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria turned toward her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly are you reviewing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lounge-management proposal submitted by Meridian Guest Services includes a subcontracting entity called Sinclair Hospitality Consulting. Records indicate that entity is controlled by your brother, Adrian Sinclair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria leaned back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one said it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdrian runs a legitimate company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also reviewing communications suggesting the bidding consortium may have obtained information that was not available to competing bidders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria\u2019s fingers tightened around her handbag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know anything about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood,\u201d I said. \u201cThen you have nothing to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence sounded different when returned to her.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Victoria had used variations of it whenever someone objected to her intrusions.<\/p>\n<p>Why are you upset if you have nothing to hide?<\/p>\n<p>Now she heard how little comfort it offered.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel slid a tablet across the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour passenger complaint is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria glanced at it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand by it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d I said. \u201cI want every complaint investigated. Including yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked toward Erica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat attendant was rude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erica opened a file.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve collected statements from all cabin crew members present during the incident. We also have voluntary statements from seven passengers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeven?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassengers asked how to submit them after witnessing the exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria\u2019s expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did they say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to litigate the complaint in this room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou brought it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou brought it into the company\u2019s system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could simply make it disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>No apology.<\/p>\n<p>No reconsideration.<\/p>\n<p>Just the expectation that power existed to bend process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re the CEO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s exactly why I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice rose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo your own stepmother receives less consideration than strangers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy stepmother receives the same process as strangers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour father would love that speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt the old pressure behind my ribs again.<\/p>\n<p>Dad.<\/p>\n<p>Always Dad when she needed leverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeave him out of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe deserves to know what you\u2019ve become.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat have I become?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The accusation surprised me enough that I sat back.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou used to care about family. Now you hide money, hide your position, sit in economy pretending to be ordinary so you can judge everyone around you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t judging you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course you were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I was watching my airline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou made yourself impossible not to notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked away.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, some of her anger seemed to weaken.<\/p>\n<p>Not disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Weaken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know what your father told me?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said you would eventually inherit everything he built and still find a way to feel you had earned it alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father didn\u2019t build SkyPoint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe helped you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe introduced me to aviation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave you connections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave you money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That stopped her.<\/p>\n<p>I continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad offered money. I refused it. The first restructuring capital came from a private group I assembled with Carl Mendoza and two former SkyPoint creditors. My shares came through the turnaround agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t what he told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen ask him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face shifted.<\/p>\n<p>A tiny hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>Too small for anyone else to notice.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictoria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Dad tell you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She reached for her handbag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis meeting is becoming ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Miriam on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiriam?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Counsel hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is another issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel moved toward the door but did not block it.<\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cNo one is detaining you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if you leave, the investigation continues without your explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That kept her there.<\/p>\n<p>She sat slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree weeks ago, your father contacted outside counsel concerning his holdings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father contacted you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot our firm. Another attorney contacted us yesterday to coordinate records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Richard Bennett is revising several estate and trust arrangements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Only briefly.<\/p>\n<p>That was enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamilies discuss estate planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t Dad mention it to me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps because not everything is your business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does his estate planning have to do with SkyPoint?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotential voting interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I became still.<\/p>\n<p>Dad did not own operational control of SkyPoint.<\/p>\n<p>But years earlier, during restructuring, I had granted him a small nonvoting family trust interest because he had helped secure introductions and guarantee temporary credit.<\/p>\n<p>Those shares were financially valuable but carried no management authority.<\/p>\n<p>Unless\u2014<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Miriam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConversion rights?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTriggered under specific transfer conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria spoke quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has nothing to do with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why are you nervous?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew he contacted lawyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is my husband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you knew his trust held SkyPoint interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows you\u2019re involved in aviation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot according to you. This morning I was a broke mechanic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face hardened again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be childish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam interrupted before the argument could continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue isn\u2019t Ms. Sinclair\u2019s knowledge of the trust. The issue is that the lounge bidder appears to have referenced the Bennett family trust as evidence of future strategic access to SkyPoint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went silent.<\/p>\n<p>I turned slowly toward Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn one investor document, Sinclair Hospitality Consulting suggested its relationship to a trust beneficiary could create long-term advantages in contracting discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria stared at the table.<\/p>\n<p>I could hear the air-conditioning vent above us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is the beneficiary?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam did not need to answer.<\/p>\n<p>I already knew.<\/p>\n<p>Dad.<\/p>\n<p>Through marriage, Victoria had presented herself to potential investors as a route into my airline.<\/p>\n<p>Not officially.<\/p>\n<p>Not directly.<\/p>\n<p>But enough to create the appearance of influence.<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria finally looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel, listen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never promised anyone control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you promise?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why did they write it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestors exaggerate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing my family trust?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t write the document.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>That silence answered too much.<\/p>\n<p>I walked to the window.<\/p>\n<p>Below us, SkyPoint aircraft moved along the ramps in clean lines beneath the afternoon sun. Thousands of people had built those operations. Pilots. Mechanics. Gate agents. dispatchers. cleaners. accountants. Crew schedulers who answered phones at three in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria had reduced all of it to access.<\/p>\n<p>A connection she could sell.<\/p>\n<p>Behind me, she said, \u201cAdrian needed help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I turned.<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was losing his company,\u201d she continued. \u201cHe had debts. The lounge contract could stabilize everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you used Dad\u2019s trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used a relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a board director?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhilip knows people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhilip is people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re twisting this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I\u2019m finally hearing it clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stood again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never asked him to break the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a remarkably specific defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes flashed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe careful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith humiliating your family because you suddenly think you\u2019re more important than everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuddenly?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her mouth tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour title doesn\u2019t make you better than me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That confused her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make me better than Leah either. Or Nathan at check-in. Or the baggage crew outside. That\u2019s the point you\u2019ve missed all day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>I continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou thought I was poor, so you treated me as useful but inferior. Then you discovered I had authority, and suddenly you wanted privacy, explanations, patience. Nothing about me changed between the terminal and this room except what you learned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria\u2019s eyes shone with anger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you enjoying this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And I meant it.<\/p>\n<p>If I had wanted revenge, I could have told her who I was beside the check-in counter and watched embarrassment do the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I felt tired.<\/p>\n<p>Tired of discovering that the arrogance I had dismissed as irritating might have consequences beyond our family.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam spoke again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s one additional development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I returned to the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDirector Warren has voluntarily disclosed that Ms. Sinclair contacted him several times regarding the lounge proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria whispered something under her breath.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe claims he did not provide confidential bid information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we believe him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re investigating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas he stepped aside?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. Effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria grabbed her handbag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you have what you need. I\u2019m leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This time nobody stopped her.<\/p>\n<p>At the door, she turned toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are going to regret turning business against family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I regret how long I pretended they were separate when someone else was mixing them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She left.<\/p>\n<p>The door clicked shut.<\/p>\n<p>For several seconds, no one spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Then Erica asked whether I wanted to personally handle Victoria\u2019s passenger complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I\u2019m involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependent review?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Leah?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtect her from retaliation, but give her no special treatment because I witnessed the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erica gathered her papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel left next.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam remained on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something else you should know about Richard\u2019s estate review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outside attorney asked for historical records relating to the original SkyPoint restructuring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat down.<\/p>\n<p>Miriam looked unusually serious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe specifically requested documents showing who provided the bridge financing fourteen years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>Very few people knew those details.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge financing had saved SkyPoint during a seventy-two-hour period when a creditor threatened to force liquidation.<\/p>\n<p>I had always believed the emergency funds came from a private investment vehicle arranged by Carl and two former creditors.<\/p>\n<p>Dad told me he had nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would my father want those files?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought about Victoria\u2019s hesitation when I said Dad had never funded SkyPoint.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe she had not been surprised because she thought I was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe she knew something I did not.<\/p>\n<p>I opened my phone.<\/p>\n<p>There were six missed calls from Dad.<\/p>\n<p>All within the last twenty minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Then a message appeared.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel, do not sign anything or confront Victoria until we speak. There is something about SkyPoint I should have told you years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I read it twice.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the conference-room windows, one of our aircraft lifted from the runway and climbed into the afternoon sky.<\/p>\n<p>I had spent the entire flight believing the secret was mine.<\/p>\n<p>I owned the airline.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria had underestimated me.<\/p>\n<p>That seemed simple now.<\/p>\n<p>Because apparently my father had been carrying a secret of his own since the day SkyPoint nearly died.<\/p>\n<p>And whatever he had hidden was important enough that the moment Victoria\u2019s deal began collapsing, he finally decided I had to know.<\/p>\n<p>END PART 4`<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastestdrama.com\/?p=56\">Click here to continue reading: PART 5: My Father\u2019s Secret About the Night SkyPoint Nearly Collapsed Forced Me to Question Who Had Really Saved the Airline<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several seconds, Victoria did not move. The aircraft around us seemed unnaturally quiet now that most passengers had left. Cleaning crews waited discreetly near the jet bridge. 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