Chapter 9
The next morning at 8:00 AM, the glass-walled boardroom of Vance Logistics in downtown Philadelphia was filled with senior executives.
Marcus’s empty leather chair sat at the head of the long oak table, a reminder of the man who had run the company into debt.
I walked into the boardroom wearing a tailored black suit, my attorney Samuel Price sitting right beside me with the estate folders.
The board members looked at me with a mixture of skepticism, tension, and intense curiosity regarding the news of Marcus’s arrest.
“Good morning, gentlemen,” I began, setting my tablet onto the table and bringing up the master financial balance sheet.
“As of 6:00 AM today, Marcus Vance has been formally removed from the executive board following his indictment on federal fraud charges.”
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“Under the estate directives left by my father, Thomas Vance, I am assuming forty-eight percent of the voting shares effective immediately.”
“Our first order of business is restoring the two million dollars Marcus embezzled from our primary supply chain accounts.”
