Chapter 11 - Ryan Suffers Immediate Suspension From His Corporate Firm
While Victoria filed our emergency petitions at the Daley Center downtown, corporate reality struck Ryan with brutal speed.
The senior partners of Sterling & Vance Financial received copies of the police arrest reports before morning coffee.
By ten o’clock, Ryan was summoned to the executive boardroom on the fiftieth floor of the financial district tower.
The managing partner slid a formal suspension letter across the polished mahogany table without offering a handshake.
“Effective immediately, Ryan, you are suspended without pay pending the resolution of your child abuse investigation,” the partner stated.
“You can’t do this! The allegations are completely unproven claims made by my vindictive wife!” Ryan shouted in panic.
“Our firm cannot risk its public reputation being tied to a child endangerment scandal on the front page,” the partner replied flatly.
Security guards escorted Ryan out of the building before he could even gather his personal belongings from his desk.
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His golden career, built on decades of family prestige, crumbled into dust in less than twenty-four hours.
The invincible Sterling family empire was officially imploding from the inside out.
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