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Vincent agreed, transformed. He returned to the church with builders and plans, seeing poverty clearly, committing resources, listening, and learning humility through service.
Yet elsewhere, resentment brewed as Richard Thornton watched admiration shift. Jealousy hardened into strategy as he planned destruction using secrets buried long ago.
Threats arrived quietly. Documents surfaced. Vincent was forced toward confrontation, testing whether redemption survives exposure and whether change endures truth.

Facing his rival, Vincent admitted past wrongs without denial—choosing honesty over defense, compassion over combat, refusing to let fear dictate morality.
He offered understanding instead of retaliation, recognizing the cost of bitterness, leaving Richard unsettled—exposed to his own emptiness without enemies to blame.
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