Chapter 14 - The Final Audit
The heavy steel door of the interview room creaked open on its oiled hinges, breaking the suffocating silence. A tall, impeccably dressed man in a tailored charcoal suit stepped into the room, flanked by two armed federal marshals. It was Richard Sterling, the billionaire CEO of Vanguard Financial and Arthur’s direct superior for the past decade.
Sterling’s silver hair was combed back with absolute precision, and a warm, grandfatherly smile rested easily on his smooth face—a smile that now looked utterly demonic to Arthur.
"Arthur, my boy," Sterling said smoothly, his voice rich and resonant as he walked toward the table, ignoring Agent Miller’s warning hand gesture. "What a catastrophic mess you’ve managed to stumble into. All this melodrama over corporate accounting discrepancies."
Arthur slowly stood up from the metal chair, the rough woolen blanket slipping from his shoulders to pool around his muddy shoes. The dull, throbbing pain in his temple vanished beneath a sudden, white-hot surge of pure adrenaline.
"You," Arthur whispered, his voice trembling with a lethal, suppressed fury. "You were the leak inside the federal task force. You framed me for the embezzlement, and you used Eleanor to destroy my family."
Sterling chuckled softly, pulling out a chair and sitting down as comfortably as if he were presiding over a board meeting. He crossed one expensive leather shoe over the other.
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"Come now, Arthur, let's not use such crude terminology," Sterling chided, waving a manicured hand dismissively. "You're a brilliant forensic accountant—the best I've ever hired.
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