Chapter 7 - The Last Board MeetingRobert entered the boardroom expecting surrender.
Instead, he found twenty directors.
Paul.
Daniel.
My mother.
Natalie.
And me.
I walked to the head of the table.
Robert smiled.
“You should be resting.”
I smiled.
“You should be worried.”
He laughed.
“Pregnancy has made you dramatic.”
I pressed a button.
A recording played.
Robert's voice.
Ordering Grant.
Threatening my father.
Discussing the poison.
The room went silent.
Robert's face collapsed.
Grant had secretly recorded him weeks earlier.
He had finally decided to betray Robert.
Robert lunged toward the equipment.
Security stopped him.
Then my mother stood.
“I knew.”
Robert looked at her.
“You knew?”
“I knew enough.”
She handed Paul a second file.
Bank records.
Emails.
Medical reports.
Everything.
Robert stared at her.
“You betrayed me.”
She shook her head.
“No.”
She looked at me.
“I finally chose my daughter.”
Robert was arrested.
Grant was charged with fraud and conspiracy.
Natalie cooperated with investigators.
She lost everything financially.
But she remained free.
Weeks later, the truth about my father's death became public.
Whitmore Foods survived.
The company remained in my hands.
But I changed the board.
I changed the trust.
And I changed my life.
I moved out of the mansion.
I refused to let wealth decide what happiness looked like.
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And every Sunday, I visited the lake.
With Daniel.
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