CHAPTER 99 ALL GONE

Madison continued past the reception desk and into the heart of the office, her mind already turning towards her true objective for the day. She knew that it was time to move on, to let go of the company she had poured so much of her heart and soul into. Her heart was no longer in it, not after everything that had happened. It was time to start fresh, to build a new life for herself and her unborn child. Reaching her office, she closed the door behind her, the familiar sight of her desk and computer a comfort in the midst of the upheaval in her life. The memory of her mother, the matriarch of the Turner family and the source of so much of Madison's drive and ambition, hung in the air like a ghost, a silent reminder of the woman she had once been. In her youth, Madison had been a force to be reckoned with, a shrewd and ruthless businesswoman who had climbed the corporate ladder with ease, her ambition and determination fueled by the drive to live up to her mother's legacy. But now,