Chapter 7 - Unearthing the Past
The cold, dark barrel of the silver revolver was shaking violently in Arthur Sterling's trembling, sweaty hands.
"You absolutely ruined my entire life this morning, Laura," Arthur whimpered, looking utterly pathetic in his wrinkled tuxedo.
"When you aggressively froze all of the Apex financial accounts, my construction company instantly defaulted on every single one of its massive loans," he cried desperately.
Mister Miller cautiously took a step forward, raising his empty hands to try and calm the frantic billionaire down.
"Arthur, please put the dangerous weapon away before you commit a federal crime you can never undo," Miller pleaded reasonably.
"Shut up and back away right now, Miller, or I will shoot you first!" Arthur screamed, wildly waving the heavy gun in our direction.
I calmly stood my ground, staring directly into Arthur's panicked, bloodshot eyes with absolutely zero fear.
"If you pull that trigger, Arthur, you will officially trigger the highly classified Apex dead man's switch," I informed him with a chillingly calm voice.
Arthur briefly lowered the gun a fraction of an inch, clearly confused and terrified by my bold statement.
"Every single piece of evidence regarding your illegal offshore tax evasion accounts will automatically be emailed directly to the FBI," I lied flawlessly, never breaking eye contact.
"You will spend the rest of your miserable life rotting in federal prison, and your precious daughter Penelope will be completely destitute," I promised ruthlessly.
Arthur aggressively swallowed hard, the terrifying reality of my severe threat completely destroying his remaining courage.
He slowly lowered the heavy revolver to his side, tears of absolute defeat streaming down his wrinkled, aging face.
"Spencer promised me that removing you from the company would save my empire, but he was completely lying to me," Arthur sobbed pitifully.
"Spencer lies to absolutely everyone, Arthur, but if you put that gun on the floor right now, I will personally ensure you do not go to prison today," I offered coldly.
Arthur immediately dropped the heavy gun onto the carpeted floor and fell to his knees, burying his face in his trembling hands.
Miller quickly stepped forward, safely kicking the silver weapon far down the empty corporate hallway.
"Stay exactly where you are, Arthur, and do not make another sound," I ordered before confidently stepping into the executive elevator.
I pressed the glowing button for the main boardroom, aggressively fixing my posture and smoothing out my blood-red suit.
When the heavy oak doors of the boardroom violently swung open, absolute silence instantly fell over the massive room.
Spencer was arrogantly sitting directly in my leather Chairwoman's seat at the head of the long mahogany table.
Chloe was sitting right beside him, confidently holding a thick stack of printed financial documents.
The twelve senior members of the Apex Board of Directors looked back and forth between me and Spencer in sheer, panicked confusion.
"What are you doing here, Laura, you were officially locked out of the corporate building hours ago," Chloe sneered, trying to mask her obvious panic.
"I own the entire building, Chloe, you cannot lock the absolute master out of her own house," I replied smoothly as I walked toward the table.
Spencer rapidly stood up, his face flushing red with sudden, aggressive anger.
"This woman is dangerously unstable and severely criminally negligent!" Spencer shouted to the confused board members.
He violently slammed the forged loan documents onto the wooden table for everyone to clearly see.
"She secretly took out a fifty-million-dollar illegal loan from a known criminal cartel, and I demand an immediate vote for her permanent termination!" Spencer roared furiously.
Several board members began nervously whispering to each other, clearly terrified by the massive, heavily documented financial threat.
Just as the oldest board member slowly raised his hand to initiate the vote, the glass doors of the boardroom shattered.
A highly aggressive tactical team of heavily armed FBI agents rapidly stormed into the room, aiming their assault rifles at everyone.
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The lead FBI agent, a tall man with a dark suit, aggressively walked straight past Spencer and smiled warmly at Chloe.
"Everything is perfectly secured, little sister, we completely control the entire building now," the lead federal agent proudly announced to Chloe.
