Clara, Marcus’s estranged sister and the newly appointed chairwoman of the independent oversight committee, walked slowly toward the front of the room. She looked at her brother and mother with a deep, piercing disappointment.
"I spent the last month reviewing the internal compliance logs," Clara said, her voice cutting through the room like shattered glass. "You told the board that Julian was skimming from the accounts. You manufactured the audit reports, forged my father's signature, and tried to push him out of his own company."
"Clara, honey, listen to us—you're being manipulated," Vivienne stammered, her hands trembling as she reached out. "This outsider is trying to destroy our family!"
"We aren't a family, Vivienne," Clara replied coldly. "We're an enterprise built on theft. And the audit is closed."