Robert arrived carrying Dave's favorite breakfast sandwich. He looked at the bandage before the ownership chart, and for one second Dave wanted the concern to be real enough to explain everything. I kept Atlas standing while your father died. You inherited the chair. I inherited his problems. Ruth and the independent investigator remained at the table. Robert did not deny Northline. Grant had arranged the invoices. Claire's refusal to sign had become an inconvenience. She is a person. So are the people whose wages you took. The annex recording showed Robert at the override desk. Police had the footage. The committee had suspended his access; Dave could neither bury the case nor settle it himself. Your father understood loyalty. Dave remembered the driving lessons, the hospital chair. Those moments had happened. So had this. Then you should have trusted me enough to ask instead of stealing from them. Robert asked for his lawyer. Dave let Ruth end the meeting. Outside, the gala screens still promised a company that never let its family down. He deleted the sentence.
An undercover CEO. A marketing strategist who sees the man beneath the uniform. A betrayal hidden inside the company he thought he knew.
Listen closely. Choose carefully. Carry the consequences.
Every path leaves a different story.