"Like women," Amanda said, voice small, then flushed. "I mean, you transform undervalued things into… never mind."
Madison laughed — the kind of laugh that tasted like adrenaline. "No, she's right. Eros has a hobby: finding broken, ignored stuff and making it priceless. Companies, people, whatever."
"So what are you proposing exactly?" Charlotte asked, pivoting to face me.
I stood and slipped beside her at the window. Madison closed the triangle — three dangerous silhouettes against a city built on audacity and cocaine money.
"We build something that lasts longer than any of us," I said. "Liberation Holdings becomes our vehicle for acquiring everything. Charlotte wants to expand past Quantum Tech? We buy startups through Liberation. Madison wants a life separate from her father? Liberation becomes her independent empire. I want generational security? Liberation prints compounding wealth."
"And ARIA runs everything," Charlotte said, the pieces clicking into place.
