Chapter 15
Federal sirens wailed loudly from the street far below the sixty-fifth-floor windows as multiple black-and-white cruisers surrounded the skyscraper.
Armed federal agents poured out of the elevators, securing the boardroom and placing Jonathan Cross in heavy steel handcuffs.
Ethan turned his back on the chaotic scene, walking calmly toward the elevator banks without looking back.
His mission in Chicago was complete; Vanguard Global was officially bankrupt, dismantled, and exposed to the world.
As he descended to the ground floor, his phone buzzed with an incoming video call from Dallas.
He tapped the screen, and little Lily's smiling face appeared, framed against her new bedroom wallpaper.
"Daddy! Guess what? I got an A on my spelling test today!" Lily cheered happily through the speaker.
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Ethan's stern face melted into a warm, genuine smile that he reserved only for his daughter.
"That's my brilliant girl," Ethan praised softly. "I'm flying home right now, princess. We'll celebrate with ice cream tonight."
