Chapter 4 - The Spider’s Web Tightens
Daniel called me on a encrypted line late Tuesday night.
“Evelyn, you were right. It’s worse than we thought,” Daniel said, his voice tense. “Grant isn't just selling the properties to an external buyer. The shell company purchasing them—Apex Horizon LLC—is entirely owned by a offshore trust managed by Sloane Mercer’s brother.”
“So he’s embezzling family assets directly to his mistress and her family,” I stated.
“Exactly. And he’s scheduled the final shareholder and board ratification vote for next Friday night at the Annual Hawthorne Foundation Gala,” Daniel revealed. “He plans to announce the restructuring live on stage, present forged emergency board resolutions, and push the sale through before anyone can audit the books.”
A cold smile spread across my face. The Annual Hawthorne Foundation Gala was the premier event of the city's social calendar. Hundreds of investors, philanthropists, and media outlets would be in attendance. Grant intended to use my family’s own charitable foundation stage to execute his final coup and humiliate me publicly by bringing Sloane as his date.
“Let him do it,” I said softly.
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“Evelyn, if he presents those forged documents publicly, it creates a massive legal nightmare,” Daniel warned.
“Not if we let him walk right onto the trapdoor before we pull the lever,” I countered. “Get the federal audit team ready. Prepare the real, unalterable master deeds, the forensic accounting reports of the embezzlement, and the wire transfer receipts connecting Grant’s accounts to Sloane’s offshore shell company. We are going to give Grant the performance of a lifetime.”
