As for why he was willing to leave Vivian a path to redemption while showing absolutely no mercy to the manager who mistreated his sister, the reason was simple.
Vivian's cruelty had only been directed at him. She was arrogant, vicious, and unbearable, but eventually, after making her taste enough suffering herself, he could still find it in him to forgive her.
The manager was different.
Vivian had only made his own life difficult, but the manager had crossed a line by targeting his sister. And the moment his sister became involved, forgiveness was no longer something Stan was capable of giving.
With that, he switched to his official Star Entertainment shareholder profile, the one entirely separate from his personal Snapchat, the one that carried the weight of his thirty-percent stake and the authority that came with it, and accessed the Velaris City branch files.
The records loaded cleanly. His access level was complete.
