Chapter 14 - The Board Attempts To Blame Daniel For The Scandal
By morning, national news networks were broadcasting breaking reports regarding the Whitmore Foundation corruption scandal.
Marcus Vance held an emergency press conference in Chicago, attempting to shift the entire blame onto Daniel.
“Mr. Whitmore exercised sole financial oversight of the regional outreach programs without board interference,” Marcus lied to reporters.
Inside the hospital room, Daniel watched the live broadcast on his tablet with a cold, detached expression.
He didn't panic or call his public relations team to spin a defensive narrative to protect his stock value.
Instead, he forwarded a complete digital archive of internal emails proving Marcus’s complicity directly to the Department of Justice.
“They think they can sacrifice me to save their corporate skins,” Daniel muttered quietly.
“Can they?” Lily asked, watching him from the bed with surprising maturity.
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“No, Lily,” Daniel smiled faintly. “Because the truth always has a way of outrunning money.”
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