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The once powerful Mendoza name, previously spoken with reverence and fear across boardrooms had become nothing more than the office's juiciest punchline.
Thirty minutes after Tala's arrival, the rest of the family resumed to take up their ridiculing positions–everyone except Julio.
Luzon briskly stepped through the gleaming glass door, flanked by his wife, his sister, his youngest daughter and his nephew.
They stormed the premises like an angry wolf pack, daring anyone to challenge them.
Gone were their condescending stares and their diamond-studded confidence as they hurried through the lobby, avoiding eye contact.
In place of their executive C-class access cards and commanding aura were basic ID badges clipped to their blazers and stiff expressions forged from humiliation.
