Chapter 3 – The Fall of the Carter Family
Chapter 3 – The Fall of the Carter Family
News spread before sunrise.
CEO Removed Overnight.
Major Shareholder Revealed as Secret Wife.
Corporate Fraud Investigation Begins.
Television crews surrounded Carter Global.
Shareholders demanded answers.
Banks froze personal credit lines.
Federal investigators arrived carrying sealed warrants.
Richard watched helplessly as officers entered his office.
"We have authorization to seize all financial records."
Helen nearly collapsed when luxury properties began disappearing from the family's ownership portal.
One after another.
Vacation homes.
Private yachts.
Investment accounts.
Everything purchased using company funds.
Frozen.
Lucas sat alone in his penthouse.
The silence felt unbearable.
His phone rang.
For one impossible second...
He hoped it was Isabella.
Instead...
It was his bank.
"Mr. Carter..."
"...your personal guarantees have been called."
"What?"
"Unless payment is received within forty-eight hours..."
"...your remaining assets will be liquidated."
The empire had not exploded.
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It had simply...
Stopped existing.
