Chapter 2: Everything Begins to Collapse
Chapter 2: Everything Begins to Collapse
By sunrise, Adrian's phone hadn't stopped ringing.
His chief financial officer had resigned.
Three board members demanded an emergency meeting.
Federal investigators had frozen several company accounts after receiving detailed financial records.
Those records had come directly from me.
Every forged invoice...
Every shell company...
Every fake consulting payment sent to Vanessa...
Every document had been organized months before.
Vanessa paced the living room.
"This is your fault!" she shouted.
"My fault?" Adrian snapped.
"You told me no one would ever find out."
Their perfect partnership was crumbling exactly as my father predicted.
People willing to betray others rarely stay loyal to each other.
By noon, news outlets reported that Vale Industries was under investigation for fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering.
Investors fled.
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The company's stock plunged.
The empire Adrian had built on intimidation began collapsing in a single day.
