Chapter 5 - Unraveling the Web
In my new office at Langford Global, the atmosphere was electric. Forensic accountants were working around the clock, digging through the company's financial history.
I sat at the massive mahogany desk, looking at a stack of documents.
"It's worse than we thought, Vivian," my father said, walking in with two cups of coffee. He handed one to me and sat down. "Derek wasn't just using corporate accounts for personal luxuries. He was actively funnelling money into dummy corporations."
"To hide it from the trust?" I asked.
"Exactly. Over the last two years, he moved nearly four million dollars into shell companies registered under Sloane Avery’s name," Charles explained. "He thought he was being clever, but he used our logistics network to move non-existent inventory to justify the payouts."
I took a sip of my coffee, feeling a cold determination settle over me. "That’s wire fraud and money laundering."
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"Yes. The federal prosecutors are already looking at it," my father said, a proud smile touching his lips. "You're handling this incredibly well, Vivian. I was worried..."
"I spent eight years playing the dutiful, silent wife, Dad," I said, looking out the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city. "I let him believe he was a genius because I wanted him to succeed. But now? I want him to see exactly what happens when the woman who built him decides to dismantle him."
