Chapter 6 - The VideoBy midnight, the story had escaped the gallery.
A guest had recorded the aftermath.
The video spread online.
By morning, millions of people had seen it.
The internet did what Arthur's board members had always feared.
It removed the distance between him and ordinary people.
The wealthy man who had once appeared untouchable was suddenly visible to everyone.
News helicopters circled Manhattan.
Reporters waited outside his residence.
Social media exploded.
Arthur's crisis team gathered inside his penthouse.
"Control the narrative," he ordered.
His public relations director hesitated.
"There is no narrative."
Arthur stared at him.
"There is only the footage."
The room went silent.
The footage could not be negotiated with.
It could not be bribed.
It could not be threatened.
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It simply existed.
And it told the truth.
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