Her hair had been hacked into uneven patches, and a dried line of blood marked the skin above her left ear.
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Chapter 23 - THE MORGAN ARCHIVE
Morgan Legacy Holdings changed governance permanently.
Independent licensing committee.
No single family administrator.
Every minor participation required separate review.
No derivative use of a child’s identity without explicit scope.
Annual audits.
The embroidered bird designs continued earning modest royalties.
Lily never modeled them commercially.
At twenty-four, she became a pediatric occupational therapist.
Children.
Consent.
Bodies.
Choice.
History influenced her.
It did not dictate her.
One clinic used uniforms with tiny embroidered birds.
A coincidence.
She laughed when she noticed.
“Grandma Evelyn would’ve sued.”
May you like
“Probably.”
We kept the license clean.
