Chapter 4: Shadows of the Board
While Leo’s gentle kindness began to soften the hearts of lower-level staff, a storm was brewing among the bank’s major shareholders. Led by Vice Chair Evelyn and a consortium of offshore investors, a secret plan was set in motion to declare Leo legally incompetent to manage his inheritance.
""He's a child playing with billions,"" Evelyn told a gathering of elite investors at a private dinner club. ""He is forgiving bad loans, funding community shelters without interest, and turning our flagship branches into community centers. If we let this continue, Vance Financial will collapse within a year.""
However, Evelyn underrated the loyalty of Mr. Harrison and the growing devotion of the bank’s rank-and-file employees. Dany, the teller who had once tried to kick Leo out, had become one of his fiercest defenders. She began secretly monitoring the internal communications between Evelyn and the offshore group.
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Late one evening, Dany discovered a series of unauthorized financial transfers originating from Evelyn’s department—transfers meant to short-sell Vance Financial stock and trigger an artificial financial panic that would force an emergency board vote to remove Leo.
""I won't let them hurt that boy,"" Dany whispered to herself, copying the encrypted logs onto a secure drive. ""He gave this cold building a soul.""
