Chapter 14 - THE CORPORATE THREAT

"You found her," Julian muttered, setting his glass down with a sharp clink on the glass coaster.
"I found her, and I found your signature on every single document in the wall safe," Mark replied, stepping closer.
Julian let out a dry, nervous laugh, walking over to the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Chicago river.
"Even if you have documents, Mark, the board of directors answers to me, not a retired engineer," Julian sneered.
"The board answers to the majority shareholder... which happens to be Sarah, through her family trust," Mark reminded him.
Julian spun around, his eyes flashing with raw desperation and corporate greed.
"If you try to ruin me, Mark, I'll bankrupt your entire family before the sun rises tomorrow morning," Julian threatened.
"You already tried that, Julian... and you failed," Mark said, pulling the encrypted flash drive from his pocket.
"This drive contains your confession and Elena’s audio recordings sent directly to the Department of Justice."
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Julian lunged across the desk toward Mark, but stopped dead in his tracks as the office door swung open wide.
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