Chapter 17 - The Counterstrike
We landed in New York just as the morning sun began to pierce through the heavy gray clouds over the city skyline.
I bypassed the main terminal entirely, jumping directly into a waiting tactical helicopter that rushed me straight to the underground medical facility.
I sprinted down the sterile white hallways, flanked by a massive squad of heavily armed security personnel.
I burst through the double doors of the intensive care unit and found my father lying perfectly still, hooked up to a terrifying array of life-support machines.
His skin was entirely pale, but his chest rose and fell with a steady, mechanical rhythm.
The lead surgeon approached me and quietly confirmed that the rapid emergency response had successfully stabilized his vital organs.
Marcus would survive, but he would remain in a deep medical coma for at least several weeks.
I kissed his cold forehead and silently promised to burn Eleanor's entire world to the ground.
I turned around and marched directly to the corporate elevator, ascending rapidly to the penthouse boardroom.
The massive oak doors swung open to reveal twelve hostile, highly nervous board members sitting around the shattered glass table.
They were Eleanor’s secret corporate proxies, wealthy executives who had been bribed to vote me out of power the moment my father was incapacitated.
The lead attorney smugly stood up and presented a legal injunction, claiming I was entirely unfit to lead the company during this massive financial crisis.
I casually walked to the head of the table, entirely ignoring his pathetic legal document.
I reached into my tailored jacket and pulled out a sleek silver flash drive containing the completely decrypted files Chloe had stolen from the chateau in Paris.
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I slammed the drive onto the table and explicitly stated that I had absolute, undeniable proof of their direct collusion with a known international crime syndicate.
I gave them exactly sixty seconds to resign and surrender their entire voting shares, or I would personally hand the evidence to the federal authorities and watch them all go to federal prison.
