Reckoning After The Poisoned Harvest

Summary

They told everyone I cooked the books.

The firm terminated my contract before lunch, marking my file with an irrevocable black mark that quietly circulated through every financial institution in the state. I interviewed everywhere—boutique agencies, regional banks, small-town tax consultancies. Nobody would touch me. A disgraced corporate accountant is radioactive.

But the bills didn’t stop, and neither did life. Desperate for a clean slate, I took every last dime of my savings—money meant for a down payment, for retirement, for a safety net—and bought twenty acres of rundown commercial…