Chapter 7 - The Midnight Phone Call From Daniel’s Corporate Superior
Before Daniel could respond, his corporate smartphone began vibrating violently against the wooden counter, cutting through the heavy tension.
He glanced at the screen, seeing the caller ID display the name of his CEO, Harrison Vance—no relation to Elise, but a ruthless executive.
Daniel hesitated before sliding his thumb across the screen and pressing the phone to his ear with a trembling hand.
“Daniel, where the hell are you?!” Harrison’s voice boomed through the speaker so loudly that everyone in the room could hear it.
“Mr. Vance, I’m at home, I was just reviewing the quarterly reports—” Daniel stammered, trying to adopt a professional tone.
“Save your breath, Caldwell! The SEC just flagged our regional accounts for massive compliance fraud!” Harrison yelled furiously.
“Federal investigators are seizing our servers right now because your signature authorized unsecured loans from shell accounts!”
Daniel felt the blood drain entirely from his face as his knees wobbled beneath the barstool. “That’s... that’s impossible, I followed protocol!”
“You forged the compliance certificates, Daniel! And the internal whistleblower who handed the evidence to federal prosecutors was your own wife!”
Daniel slowly lowered the phone from his ear, turning his horrified gaze toward Elise, who was calmly sipping her cold tea.
“You... you gave the federal investigators my files?” Daniel whispered, his lips trembling uncontrollably.
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“I gave them the financial audit proving you embezzled two hundred thousand dollars from the corporate expansion fund,” Elise replied calmly.
“Federal marshals are currently freezing your personal bank accounts, your credit cards, and your retirement portfolio,” she added.
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