Chapter 16 - The Corporate Firm Terminates Michael For Professional Misconduct
Back at Sterling, Vance & Cole, managing partner David Sterling convened an emergency board meeting. The high-powered litigation partners reviewed the security footage and the formal felony indictment documents against Michael.
“We cannot have an indicted felon representing our corporate brand in federal court,” David stated firmly. The board voted unanimously to terminate Michael’s employment contract for gross professional misconduct effective immediately.
Security guards packed up Michael’s mahogany desk, tossing his expensive fountain pens and diplomas into a cardboard box. His legal career, which his father had spent decades helping him build, was officially incinerated in seconds.
He tried calling his senior partners for legal representation, but every single phone call went straight to voicemail. They had all received direct word from Robert Vance that anyone helping Michael would become an enemy.
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Michael sat on a park bench in Central Park holding his cardboard box, staring blankly at the autumn leaves. He had traded his loving mother, his family fortune, and his entire career for an arrogant socialite.
The realization of his utter stupidity washed over him like freezing water, leaving him completely hollow inside.
