THE WHISPER ACROSS THE TABLE THAT DESTROYED A FORTY-YEAR ENERGY EMPIRE IN TEN SECONDS
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Chapter 14 - The Compliance Hearing
The federal courtroom in downtown was packed to capacity, the air thick with journalists, attorneys, and corporate executives eager to witness the final chapter of the greatest corporate scandal in modern energy history. Flashbulbs popped incessantly as Arthur Vance walked up the center aisle, wearing his immaculate dark suit, his posture straight and unyielding. Behind him walked Clara, carrying her leather-bound ledger, and Marcus Sterling, who wore the quiet, solemn expression of a man ready to face the consequences of his actions.
At the defendant's table sat Julian Cruz and Victor Thorne, both dressed in prison jum
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