Chapter 18 - WALL STREET RECKONING
In New York City, the board of directors of Vance Global held an emergency meeting on Wall Street.
With Eleanor facing federal prison and the company stock collapsing, the board voted unanimously to strip her of all executive titles.
Nora joined the meeting via secure video conference from a small hotel room in Billings, Montana.
"Mrs. Vance," the chairman of the board spoke into the camera. "We are offering you full voting control over the remaining family shares to stabilize the company."
"I don't want control of your company, gentlemen," Nora stated clearly through the screen. "I want Vance Global to liquidate fifty percent of its holdings."
The board members gasped in shock.
"Liquidate?" the chairman repeated. "That would destroy the corporate structure!"
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"That money will be placed into an independent national trust for victims of child abuse and human trafficking," Nora declared firmly. "If you refuse, I will release the rest of Eleanor's personal ledgers to the SEC tomorrow."
The chairman swallowed hard, looking at the panic in his colleagues' eyes before slowly raising his hand to vote in favor.
