Chapter 4 - The Corporate Purge
Julian was still the Vice President of Vance-Hayes Innovations. He thought he could use his corporate position to salvage his wealth and mount a legal defense.
He was wrong.
On Monday morning, I walked into the glass-walled boardroom of the company my daughter built. Julian was already there, trying to rally the board of directors against me, claiming I was a grieving, unstable mother trying to usurp the company.
“She has no corporate experience!” Julian was shouting as I opened the double doors.
“I don't need corporate experience to recognize a parasite,” I announced, walking to the head of the table. I dropped a massive stack of financial audits onto the mahogany surface.
“Julian Vance has spent the last two years embezzling company funds through shell vendors,” I told the board, projecting the documents onto the main screen. “He used corporate accounts to purchase a yacht, diamond necklaces, and a condo in Vivienne’s name.”
Julian went pale. “Those are lies! Forgeries!”
“They are bank-certified,” Mr. Thorne said, stepping into the room behind me.
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I looked at the board members, many of whom had loved Clara like a daughter. “As the new majority shareholder, my first act is the immediate termination of Julian Vance. My second act is handing these files over to the FBI for corporate fraud.”
Two security officers stepped into the boardroom. Julian was hyperventilating, realizing the net was closing entirely. He was escorted out of the building in front of hundreds of employees, carrying his belongings in a cardboard box.
