“No I did not do that at all. The professional auditors simply investigated random individuals who blatantly breached their legal corporate contracts.”
Dad aggressively pointed a shaking finger at the glowing digital screen. “Do you honestly think a bunch of stupid numbers make you a powerful person?”
“No I do not think that but I do know that hard evidence gives me all the power.”
I tapped a single button to play the crystal clear audio recording from his recent visit to my office.
His panicked voice echoed loudly through the room saying his sons would lose their businesses and his daughter would lose her store while they lost their house.
Then my own recorded voice answered him by stating he should have considered that exact outcome before stealing from me.
Dad turned completely white and looked like he was about to pass out right there on the floor.
“Every single conference room in my corporate building records all meetings for security purposes,” I informed him.
Mother angrily swung her entire body toward him. “You specifically told all of us that she knew absolutely nothing about the missing money.”
Carmen slowly opened the final folder of the large stack. “Apex Ventures will legally agree not to request formal criminal prosecution if every single dollar of the diverted money is fully repaid within ninety days but our primary lending partners were already legally notified about these massive breaches earlier this morning.”
Dad swallowed hard and tugged nervously at his tight shirt collar. “What exactly does that mean for me?”
“It means your major commercial expansion loan is entirely frozen effective immediately.”
Cameron leaned forward and whispered in a totally terrified tone. “What is going to happen with my commercial landlord?”
I looked at my older brother and offered him a very polite smile. “I am actually your commercial landlord.”
“Your current lease agreement remains completely valid but every single dollar of that deferred rent you owe me is now due in full.”
Madison started crying and her voice cracked loudly. “You are completely destroying all of our lives.”
“No I am simply stopping myself from protecting all of you from your own terrible choices.”
Mother stood up so fast her chair almost fell over backwards onto the carpet. “I am the woman who gave birth to you.”
“And I am the daughter who spent fifteen exhausting years paying heavily for that exact privilege.”
