Hayes Tower on West Fifty-Seventh Street was an eighty-two-story monument to glass, titanium, and ruthless ambition. Rising like a crystalline dagger into the Manhattan sky, the skyscraper was the global headquarters of Hayes Global Capital and the personal fortress of Alexander Hayes. The ground floor atrium featured four-story walls of black Zimbabwe granite, cascading water features, and biometric security gates staffed by private guards in dark tailored suits. At eleven…
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