Chapter 18 - Fall of the Empire
By sunrise, Arthur Vance was arrested at his sprawling estate in Holmby Hills, led away in front of news crews.
The stock price of Vance Enterprises plummeted forty percent in early trading on Wall Street as panic spread among investors.
Board members called an emergency session, voting unanimously to remove Arthur from his position as chairman.
Inside the detention center, Vanessa sat in her cell, watching her father being processed into the adjacent cell block.
"Dad?!" Vanessa cried out through the steel bars, her voice cracking with pure desperation.
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Arthur didn't even look at her; he sat on the bench, staring at the floor in silent, catastrophic defeat.
Their multi-billion-dollar dynasty had collapsed in less than seven days because of a single mother's vengeance.
