Chapter 7 - THE COMPANY MEETING
I did not remove Alejandro from Grant Meridian in a dramatic speech from the mansion.
The board met two days later.
I attended remotely from a secure room while Valeria stayed with Emily and a child therapist nearby. Naomi presented the false signature, unauthorized executive resolution, misuse of company staff, and Camila’s attempted certification of trust documents.
Alejandro was given time to respond.
He said the company needed stability while I was unreachable. He called the transfer proposals preliminary. He insisted Camila’s access had been operational rather than personal.
Then the chief financial officer presented expense records.
Alejandro had charged luxury travel, jewelry, Camila’s consulting fees, and renovations to a corporate residence account. He also promised outside investors that a new credit facility would be secured by Grant family property.
No such authorization existed.
The board suspended him pending investigation.
His unvested units were frozen under the misconduct clause. He retained the right to contest the decision, but he no longer controlled staff, accounts, or company communications.
That was not revenge.
It was governance.
The difference mattered to me because I did not want Valeria to grow up believing power meant hurting people faster than they could hurt you. Power meant establishing a boundary and ensuring the structure respected it.
Camila resigned before the meeting ended.
She sent Alejandro one final message.
You never owned any of it.
He replied:
I would have if she had stayed away.
May you like
That sentence ended any remaining uncertainty about whether the plan had been temporary desperation.
He had expected my absence to become permanent enough to exploit.
