Chapter 10: The Audit and the Leave
The external forensic team retained by Vance Crest Holdings delivered its preliminary findings in the third week. The forged share-transfer documents were confirmed as non-authentic; the hospital-date signature attributed to me did not match any verified exemplar from the relevant period. The retirement-account expenditures tied to the wedding were flagged as improper diversions requiring restitution planning and regulatory notification. Arthur’s shell-company network was mapped sufficiently to justify extending his administrative leave into a formal suspension pending further review. My father’s capacity to influence the process narrowed further when the board voted to install an independent interim chair for all matters connected to the investigation. I received these updates through counsel, not through family channels. The distinction remained intentional. The ultimatum that had barred me from the wedding had also barred them from managing my participation in the aftermath.
