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Chapter 5 - The Seizure of Sterling CorpThe board chairman picked up the document, his eyes scanning the original 1995 charter signed by my late father.

“Section 14...” the chairman read aloud, his voice trembling with awe. “In the event of felony financial malfeasance or moral turpitude by an appointed Chief Executive, the Founding Trustee holds absolute authority to remove the CEO without board vote and freeze all executive compensation.”

“You can't do that!” Grant roared, rushing toward the table. “I built this company over the last seven years!”

“You didn't build it, Grant,” I corrected, looking him dead in the eye. “You siphoned sixty million dollars into shell companies managed by Vanessa Cole. And today, the trust reclaims everything.”

Agent Vance stepped forward, pulling out heavy steel handcuffs.

“Grant Sterling,” Agent Vance declared. “You are under arrest for federal wire fraud, grand larceny, corporate embezzlement, and conspiracy to commit medical endangerment.”

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The handcuffs snapped around Grant’s wrists in full view of the entire executive board and news cameras gathered outside the glass doors!

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Chapter 6 - The Unraveling of VanessaWhile Grant was being led away, federal agents executed a simultaneous search warrant at a luxury penthouse in Soho belonging to Vanessa Cole.
Chapter 7 - The Secret Founder's ClauseWith Grant in federal custody and Vanessa facing life imprisonment, the executive board held an emergency vote that evening.
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