EPILOGUE — One Year Later
Maggie now sits in the executive wing, still eating the same cheap sandwiches she always has.
Only difference: the employees adore her. Stores have become kinder. Policies have changed.
Compassion is now company culture.
And me?
I sit in my garden, cane beside me, watching the sunset.
I didn’t choose blood.
I chose heart.
And I know — without any doubt —