Chapter 5 - Uncovering The Secret Co-Conspirator In The Mercer Empire
Samuel Vance turned another crisp page inside the leather folder, holding it under the light so Claire could clearly see the secondary file. "The audit didn't just stop at Holloway Capital, Claire," Samuel explained, his eyes locking onto hers with grave seriousness.
"Your mother discovered that someone inside the Aquila executive board was feeding Grant internal financial passwords for months," Samuel stated. The photo in the file showed Grant shaking hands in a dark parking garage with Arthur Pendelton, the senior chief financial officer of Aquila Global.
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Claire’s breath hitched slightly; Arthur had been her father's most trusted advisor for over thirty years. He had sat at her family's Thanksgiving dinner table, smiled at her wedding, and patted her father on the back during his final days.
"Arthur sold us out?" Claire whispered, her hand tightening around her mother's funeral program inside her purse. "For a fifteen percent stake in Grant's shell company," Samuel confirmed grimly.
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