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Chapter 7 - The Boardroom ConfrontationKad’s face froze. Bisi dropped her teacup, the porcelain shattering against the marble floor.

“What... what did you say?!” Kad stammered, taking a step back.

The front door of the apartment was pushed wide open.

Chief Tunde Adami walked into the room, wearing a sharp dark suit, accompanied by Victoria Vance, four armed police officers, and David.

Kad’s eyes bulged in utter horror. “Chief Adami?!”

“Good evening, Kad,” Chief Tunde said smoothly, walking into the living room and sitting down on the leather armchair. “How was your eight-day vacation in my daughter’s trust fund?”

Bisi scrambled up from her chair, her face draining of all color. “Tunde... Uncle Tunde... this is a misunderstanding! I was just helping Sade!”

“You were helping yourself to fifty million naira, Bisi,” Victoria Vance interjected, pulling out a certified stack of bank audit reports and handing them to the lead police officer.

“These are certified wire logs showing Kad and Bisi transferring stolen funds to a Cayman Islands account registered under Bisi’s name,” Victoria announced to the room. “Alongside audio recordings captured from this apartment over the past forty-eight hours.”

Kad’s jaw dropped. He looked at the ceiling vents, realizing the apartment had been under electronic surveillance since the test began.

“Sade! Please!” Kad fell to his knees on the carpet, reaching out toward her with trembling hands. “I was manipulated by Bisi! She planned everything! She convinced me to do it!”

Bisi shrieked in rage, turning on Kad like a wild animal. “You lying coward! You were the one who approached me two years ago to target her!”

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They were tearing each other apart right in front of the officers, exposing every detail of their sick, greedy plot.

Sade stood tall, looking down at them with a mixture of disgust and profound pity.

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