Chapter 4: The Guests Kneel
Chapter 4: The Guests Kneel
The massive ballroom doors opened.
Not to more wedding guests.
To federal investigators.
Behind them came financial crime officers carrying sealed warrants.
Someone quietly announced,
"No one leaves."
One by one, senior executives realized their names appeared in the investigation.
Several elderly board members lowered themselves into their chairs.
Others literally dropped to their knees, pleading with investigators for immunity before formal questioning had even begun.
The scene was surreal.
The people who had once ruled boardrooms with absolute confidence now begged for mercy.
Victoria remained standing.
For only a moment.
Then she looked around the room.
No one came to her defense.
Not even those she had protected for decades.
Her empire had not been built on loyalty.
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It had been built on fear.
And fear had abandoned her.
