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Chapter 1: The Ambush at the Marina<\/span><\/h3>\n

The heavy, salty air of the Miami marina felt like lead in my lungs as I stepped out of the air-conditioned, chauffeured SUV.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was thirty-four years old, the founder and CEO of Aegis Systems, a multinational cybersecurity and smart-infrastructure conglomerate. I worked eighty-hour weeks. I lived on airplanes, hotel coffee, and the constant, vibrating hum of corporate responsibility. My marriage to Marcus had become just another high-maintenance project I was desperately trying to keep afloat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcus was thirty-six, handsome, and possessed an aura of old-money confidence. The irony, of course, was that his \u201cold money\u201d lifestyle was entirely funded by my new-money dividends. He claimed to be an entrepreneur, perpetually on the verge of launching a groundbreaking app, but his days consisted mostly of golf, personal trainers, and spending the generous allowance I transferred to his accounts to keep the peace.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chapter 1: The Ambush at the Marina The heavy, salty air of the Miami marina felt like lead in my lungs as I stepped out of the air-conditioned, chauffeured SUV. I was thirty-four years old, the founder and CEO of Aegis Systems, a multinational cybersecurity and smart-infrastructure conglomerate. I worked eighty-hour weeks. I lived on…<\/p>\n

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