Exodus

One night, Cecelia wakes from yet another nightmare about her past lovers and calls her friend, Christy, for support. The next morning, at a meeting in the Horner Tech boardroom, she presents her proposal to restructure the company into an employee-owned enterprise.

Tobias King immediately challenges this plan. During the tense standoff, Cecelia’s lawyer, Ryan, defends her position by citing the terms of their contract. The argument becomes heated, and Ryan reveals his past intimacy with Cecelia, catching Tobias’s attention. Just as the meeting is about to collapse, Tobias’s assistant, Shelly, voices her support for the proposal, forcing a reluctant Tobias to stay and listen.

During a tense week, Cecelia and Tobias work in silence from adjacent offices. Their stalemate is interrupted by Ryan, who brings news that their clandestine operation against a rival businessman, Jerry Siegal, has succeeded. Cecelia gets Jerry on a speakerphone call, and with Tobias and Shelly listening in, she taunts Siegal about his corporate defeat. Jerry responds with a direct threat against her.

Furious, Tobias confronts Cecelia about the dangers involved in her activities. She reveals that her “side gig” of targeting corrupt individuals is extensive. He warns her that Siegal has connections to the crew that was behind the attack on her house years ago, when Dominic died.