Chapter 6
Back in Manhattan, the glass-walled boardroom of Harrison Freight Systems resembled a war zone as emergency financial auditors swarmed the mahogany executive tables. Vanessa Cole sat at the head of the table, flanked by hostile board members who were whispering frantically among themselves. "With Daniel AWOL in Oregon chasing ghosts, our quarterly logistics bids are sitting unapproved and our major shipping partners are pulling out," one senior director announced angrily.
Vanessa smiled inwardly, adjusting her pearl necklace as she prepared to spring the trap she and her father had been plotting for over a year. "Daniel’s emotional instability has compromised the fiduciary safety of this company, and someone needs to take immediate executive control," Vanessa declared smoothly. Before anyone could object, the heavy oak doors swung open, and Margaret Harrison strode into the room leaning heavily on an obsidian cane.
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The eighty-year-old matriarch looked more formidable than ever, her sharp gray eyes sweeping across the terrified board members with icy disdain. "The only person who is losing control of this company is you, Miss Cole, and my legal team has just frozen your corporate assets," Margaret announced crisply. Vanessa’s confident facade cracked instantly, her face turning pale as federal marshals in dark suits stepped past Margaret into the boardroom.
"On charges of corporate espionage, insider trading, and illegal asset diversion linked to international competitors, you are under arrest, Vanessa," the lead marshal declared. Handcuffs clicked sharply around Vanessa’s wrists as she was dragged screaming out of the executive suite, leaving the board members in stunned, terrified silence. Margaret took her seat at the head of the table, picking up Daniel’s abandoned fountain pen with a grim, resolute expression.
