Chapter 5
The heavy double doors of the executive boardroom burst open without warning, startling the remaining senior vice presidents. Agent Vance and four armed federal marshals in full tactical gear strode into the room with intimidating, mechanical precision.
Clara spun around, her designer handbag slipping from her fingers and crashing hard onto the polished marble flooring. "You have no jurisdiction here! I am the sole owner and CEO of Vance Industries!" Clara screamed at the lead federal officer.
Agent Vance walked up to the mahogany desk, slapping an arrest warrant directly onto the center of the documents. "Clara Vance, you are under arrest for corporate conspiracy, securities fraud, and attempted murder by poisoning," Agent Vance stated coldly.
Gasps echoed through the boardroom as the shocked executives scrambled backward away from their disgraced chief executive. "This is a malicious lie fabricated by a bitter, crippled ex-husband who wants to destroy my reputation!" Clara shrieked hysterically.
Two female federal marshals stepped forward, gripping Clara's arms tightly and forcing her hands behind her back. "You have the right to remain silent; anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law," the officer recited.
Clara thrashed violently against their grip, her expensive white Chanel pantsuit tearing slightly as she was dragged toward the exit. "Let go of me! Do you know who my political allies are in Washington? You will all lose your badges by noon!" she yelled.
The heavy steel elevator doors opened, swallowing her furious protests and plunging her into the subterranean holding cells below. Upstairs, the stock price of Vance Industries plummeted by seventy-four percent in less than fifteen minutes of trading.
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The magnificent empire Clara had stolen through betrayal and poison was evaporating into worthless digital ash before her eyes. Down on the trading floor, investors dumped their shares in a blind panic, erasing billions of dollars of phantom wealth.
Clara's grand reign of terror had lasted less than twelve hours after she abandoned her husband in the rain.
