Chapter 4 - The Penthouse Audit
Fifteen minutes later, Victoria rode the private glass elevator directly to the penthouse executive suite on the fiftieth floor.
Marcus Vance stood beside her, holding a thick leather briefcase containing the hotel's confidential financial ledgers from the past three fiscal quarters.
"Your father's condition remains stable at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Miss Sterling," Marcus reported gently as the elevator ascended over the Chicago skyline.
"Thank you, Marcus," Victoria said, staring at her reflection in the glass, her eyes filled with determination. "Who authorized Brandon's promotion while I was away in London?"
"It was your uncle, Vice Chairman Gregory Sterling," Marcus revealed, his voice dropping into a guarded, cautious whisper.
The elevator doors slid open with a soft chime, revealing the mahogany-paneled executive office overlooking Lake Michigan.
Victoria stepped onto the plush carpet, walking straight behind the massive executive desk that had belonged to her grandfather fifty years ago.
She powered up the primary mainframe terminal, typing in her top-level clearance code to bypass the regional management firewalls.
Within minutes, red flags began flashing across her monitor screen, exposing millions of dollars in unrecorded cash transactions linked to Brandon's account.
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"Brandon wasn't just a tyrant, Marcus," Victoria realized, her dark eyes narrowing in righteous anger. "He was skimming off our top accounts."
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