Chapter 10 - The New Dawn
The flashing, highly aggressive red and blue lights completely illuminated the massive, floor-to-ceiling windows of the executive boardroom.
Julian looked entirely calmly out at the frozen city below.
"It is completely over, Charles," Julian stated with absolute, unwavering finality.
"Federal agents are completely swarming the main lobby right now, and the entire building is entirely locked down."
Charles’s handsome face violently twisted into a terrifying, incredibly ugly mask of pure, unadulterated, desperate rage.
With a completely sudden, violently aggressive surge of pure adrenaline, Charles lunged entirely forward across the mahogany table.
He frantically attempted to violently grab the leather journal, but Marcus smoothly intercepted him, painfully twisting his arm completely behind his back.
"I entirely built this massive empire from absolutely nothing!" Charles screamed completely hysterically, violently struggling against the much stronger security chief.
"You completely ungrateful children honestly think you can just take it all away from me?"
Matthew slowly wheeled his chair completely forward, staring entirely into the wild, panicked eyes of the man who had destroyed his life.
"You are completely nothing but a pathetic coward who desperately hides behind stolen money and completely fabricated lies," Matthew stated entirely calmly.
"Your entire legacy is completely dead."
The private executive elevator doors suddenly pinged loudly and slid completely open.
A dozen heavily armed FBI SWAT agents aggressively poured completely into the room, their assault rifles aimed perfectly and entirely at Charles.
"Get on the ground right now and completely drop your weapons!" the lead tactical agent commanded completely with terrifying force.
Marcus completely released his painful grip, allowing Charles to forcefully stumble entirely to the carpeted floor.
The highly trained agents instantly swarmed the broken billionaire, aggressively pinning him entirely to the floor and forcefully applying heavy steel handcuffs.
As the agents aggressively hauled him entirely to his feet and dragged him completely toward the elevator, Charles entirely refused to look at his sons.
He was completely and utterly defeated, entirely reduced to a pathetic, broken criminal who would absolutely spend the rest of his life in a concrete cell.
Six incredibly long, heavily publicized months later, the massive winter storm was completely a distant, fading memory in Seattle.
Charles Cross had been entirely convicted on all federal charges, receiving multiple consecutive life sentences completely without the possibility of parole.
Julian completely stood on the sun-drenched balcony of the corporate headquarters, entirely breathing in the fresh, warm spring air.
The multi-billion dollar company had completely survived the massive scandal entirely because Julian had aggressively implemented absolute transparency.
He heard the smooth, quiet whir of an electric motor behind him and completely turned around to smile brightly.
Matthew completely rolled his incredibly advanced, entirely state-of-the-art motorized wheelchair completely out onto the sunny balcony.
He was entirely wearing a sharp, custom-tailored suit, completely looking exactly like the powerful corporate board member he had officially become.
"The new data privacy protocols are completely finalized and entirely ready for global deployment, Mr. CEO," Matthew announced proudly, handing Julian a tablet.
Julian completely laughed, feeling a massive, incredibly profound sense of absolute peace entirely wash over his soul for the first time in his life.
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"We completely rebuilt this company the right way, entirely together," Julian said softly, placing a loving hand entirely on his brother's shoulder.
They completely looked out entirely over the massive, beautiful city skyline, completely knowing that their mother's true legacy was finally, perfectly safe.
