PART 2 — THEN HIS FATHER WALKED IN
Seven minutes later, something unusual happened outside Westbrook Academy.
A black luxury SUV pulled up to the main entrance.
Then another.
Then a third.
Students standing near the glass lobby turned toward the street.
The doors opened.
Several men in dark suits stepped out.
They weren't school security.
They were Daniel Carter's private security team.
Then Daniel stepped out.
He wore a perfectly tailored dark-brown suit and a black tie.
He didn't look angry.
He looked calm.
That somehow made him more intimidating.
Daniel walked through the front entrance.
The conversations in the lobby slowly disappeared.
Students moved aside.
Teachers stopped walking.
Nobody understood what was happening.
Then someone whispered:
"That's Daniel Carter."
The name spread through the hallway.
Daniel Carter.
Chairman of Carter Dynamics.
One of the most powerful technology companies in the country.
But almost nobody at Westbrook knew that Daniel Carter had a son attending their school.
Daniel didn't stop to explain.
He walked straight toward the administration office.
Inside, Principal Rebecca Harris was reviewing an incident report when she looked through the glass wall.
She froze.
She immediately recognized him.
Not because she had met him before.
But because she had seen his photograph.
Years earlier, an anonymous donor had funded a massive expansion of Westbrook Academy.
New science laboratories.
A technology center.
Scholarships for students from less wealthy families.
The donor had never appeared at the ceremony.
The school had never publicly revealed his identity.
But Rebecca Harris knew.
She had seen the documents.
The donor was Daniel Carter.
Daniel stopped outside her office.
His security team remained behind him.
Rebecca slowly stood.
Her face went pale.
Daniel looked through the glass.
His expression was completely serious.
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Rebecca whispered:
"Oh my god, that's Just..."
