Chapter 9 - Arthur Returns To His CompanyThree weeks later, Arthur walked into Vance Global headquarters using a cane.
Employees stood.
Then applauded.
Arthur hated ceremonial displays, but this time he allowed it.
Luca was absent.
Arthur called a company-wide meeting.
He publicly announced that I would serve as chief operating officer while the board reviewed long-term succession.
He also announced an independent audit.
Nobody outside a small circle knew why.
But somebody panicked.
That night, a fire started in the records storage facility behind our Connecticut distribution center.
Firefighters contained it before the main building was destroyed.
The fire marshal found evidence of accelerant.
Someone had attempted to destroy archived financial documents.
Unfortunately for them, Vance Global maintained digital backups.
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Among those backups were transactions linking Luca’s consulting company to Rourke-controlled entities.
The family scandal had become a criminal investigation.
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