Chapter 7 - Justice Delivered
Gregory tried to laugh, but the sound was thin and panicked. "That's absurd! I don't know what lies she told you, Vance, but Apex operates strictly within legal parameters—"
Vance slapped a thick stack of bank audits onto the table directly in front of Gregory.
"Delaware Shell Corporation 402," Vance read flatly. "The wire transfers bear your signature, Gregory. You took insurance money meant for widows, for injured drivers, for orphaned children, and you used it to buy your yacht in Miami."
The boardroom was dead silent. Executives looked at Gregory in utter disgust.
Gregory scrambled to stand up, his face turning red with rage. "You can't prove anything! This is internal company politics! I'm a partner here!"
"You were a partner," Vance corrected calmly.
The heavy double doors of the boardroom swung open.
Four uniformed officers from the Chicago Police Department, accompanied by two federal agents from the IRS criminal division, walked into the room.
"Gregory Vance?" the lead federal agent asked, pulling out a set of steel handcuffs. "You are under arrest for federal wire fraud, grand larceny, and corporate embezzlement."
Gregory panicked, stepping back against the window. "Vance! You can't do this to your own family! Think about the family name!"
Vance stepped up to his uncle, looking him straight in the eye without a shred of pity.
"Family takes care of people, Gregory," Vance whispered coldly. "You left a mother and two newborn babies to freeze to death on Christmas Eve. You aren't family. You're a criminal."
The officers grabbed Gregory’s arms, snapping the handcuffs tightly around his wrists. He was dragged out of the boardroom screaming threats and insults, his voice fading down the long marble hallway.
May you like
Vance turned back to his board members, his expression serene and unyielding.
"Meeting adjourned," he said. "Arthur, release the five hundred thousand dollars to Clare Bennett immediately, along with an additional two million dollar settlement from the company's emergency compensation fund."
