Silence.
“The babies?”
His jaw tightened.
“The part where you found out?”
He looked away.
That answer was enough.
I returned to the boardroom.
The vote happened at 9:34 a.m.
Adrian was suspended as chief executive officer pending investigation.
His spending authority was revoked.
His access to company systems was disabled.
His corporate cards were frozen.
An outside forensic firm was authorized to review all related transactions.
The vote was eight to one.
Evelyn could not vote.
Adrian could.
He voted against.
I voted my controlling shares in favor.
At 9:41, Adrian was escorted from the executive floor.
He had spent years telling people the company was his.
It took seven minutes to prove otherwise.
At ten, Claire filed the divorce petition.
At ten thirty, we met with a forensic accountant.
At eleven, a second problem surfaced.
Northbridge was not the only entity.
There were two more.
Lakepoint Strategies.
Aster Lane Consulting.
