Chapter 15 - THE MEDIA STORM
By noon, media trucks from CNN, CNBC, and Fox Business jammed the streets outside the Vance Enterprises headquarters.
Reporters in heavy winter coats shoved microphones toward the revolving glass doors, shouting over the din of traffic.
"Ms. Vance! Is it true that the Sterling family has been completely ousted from the American financial sector?" a journalist yelled.
Victoria stepped out of a black armored SUV flanked by four private security guards, wearing her signature emerald green pantsuit.
She paused on the granite steps, looking directly into the camera lenses with an expression of unshakeable power.
"Vance Enterprises stands stronger today than it ever has in its history," Victoria announced clearly into the wall of microphones.
"Corruption and betrayal have no place in American business. We are moving forward into a new era of absolute transparency."
The flashbulbs blinded the street for several seconds as reporters scrambled to type out breaking news updates on their mobile devices.
Back in his jail cell, Julian watched the live broadcast on a tiny wall-mounted television, his hands gripping the metal bars.
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He saw the woman he had tried to destroy standing like an empress on the national stage, untouchable and magnificent.
He realized too late that he had waged war against an apex predator disguised as a corporate wife.
