Chapter 14 - THE SEC SURPRISE
"That vote is completely null and void, Sterling," Lucas declared, gesturing toward the SEC officers stepping forward. "Because you no longer hold the majority shares required to call an executive session."
Sterling let out a harsh, mocking laugh. "What absurdity is this? I hold fifty-five percent of Vance Global stock!"
"You held fifty-five percent until eight o'clock this morning," Detective Reed interrupted, handing a certified financial ledger to the board members. "Until we presented the SEC with proof that twenty percent of those shares were illegally converted from your late wife's estate."
The entire boardroom erupted into chaotic shouting as executives scrambled to read the documents spread across the glass table.
"This is a lie!" Victor shrieked, jumping out of his chair. "Our mother willingly transferred those shares to Father before she died!"
"Your mother was heavily medicated under your father's orders during her final month," Lucas revealed, his voice cutting through the panic like a razor. "And we have her original, un-redacted testament certified by the Federal District Court of New York."
Sterling’s face turned from red to ash white as he realized his thirty-year reign over the financial empire was crumbling before his very eyes.
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"You dare bring the federal government into my company, Lucas?" Sterling hissed, his hands trembling with rage.
"It's not your company anymore, Sterling," Lucas replied with absolute authority. "It belongs to my mother's estate—and her legitimate heirs."
