Chapter 13 - The Resolutions
Thurston read the resolutions the board had approved.
Lucan was terminated for cause, effective immediately.
His unvested equity was canceled.
The company would seek repayment of every bonus tied to falsified results.
Lavinia was suspended pending termination, and both were barred from company systems and property, effective the moment he finished speaking.
The security director held out his hand for Lucan’s badge.
Lucan didn’t give it to him.
He looked at me instead, with the particular fury of a man discovering that intimidation has an expiration date.
“You planned this,” he said.
“You let me stand up here and make a fool of myself.”
“I asked you three times about Lavinia,” I said.
“You lied three times.
I asked you about the missing money.
You told me I was too stupid to understand corporate finance.
Tonight I gave you one last chance to behave like a decent person.”
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His eyes flicked, for just a second, to my shoulder.
“And you struck me instead.”
