Board Member Miller: This is a disgrace! An absolute disgrace to the Vance family name!
Julian: Listen to me, everyone! Vanessa is trying to sabotage our corporate merger because she wants a higher divorce settlement!
Vanessa: I don't want a single cent of your dirty money, Julian. I am here to protect my daughter's inheritance.
Evelyn: You have no proof of anything that happened in that hallway, Vanessa! It's your word against ours!
Marcus: Actually, Evelyn, we have something much better than words.
Marcus pulled a small metal flash drive from his coat pocket and handed it to the IT manager standing near the wall. He pointed toward the massive digital display screen mounted on the boardroom wall.
Julian: What is that drive? What are you putting on the screen?
Marcus: Yesterday, after you threw Vanessa out, your head butler came to my office. He was disgusted by what you did to little Hannah.
Evelyn: That butler is a loyal employee! He would never give you anything!
Marcus: He gave us the backup security footage from the west wing hallway camera. The camera mounted right under the American flag.
Julian froze. The color instantly drained from his face as the large digital screen flickered to life. The video played in crystal-clear high definition, showing the grand hallway with its white walls and gold trimming.
On the screen, Evelyn could be seen violently yanking Hannah’s brown hair while the little girl cried on her knees. Just a few feet away, Julian sat smirking in his gold silk pajamas, holding his smartphone without lifting a finger to help his daughter.
Then, the video showed me walking in, grabbing Evelyn, and delivering the thunderous slap across Julian’s face that sent him crashing back into his golden armchair.
Board Member Miller: Unbelievable... Look at him sitting there smiling while his own child is being abused!
Investor A: He watched it happen! He sat there in his pajamas and laughed!
Julian: Turn it off! Turn that video off right now!
Police Officer: Mr. Julian Vance and Miss Evelyn Vance, you are both under arrest for felony child endangerment, assault, and attempted grand larceny.
The two uniformed police officers stepped forward, pulling steel handcuffs from their utility belts. Evelyn let out a sharp, hysterical scream as the metal clicked around her wrists.
Evelyn: Julian! Do something! Call our defense lawyers!
Julian: Get your hands off me! Do you know who I am? I am the CEO of Vance Global!
Board Member Miller: As of three minutes ago, Julian, you are officially removed from the board of directors by unanimous vote. You are no longer CEO of anything.
Julian thrashed against the officer's grip, his expensive dark blue suit wrinkled as he was forced down onto his knees on the carpeted floor. He looked up at me with eyes full of desperate rage.
Julian: Vanessa! Please! Don't do this to me! We can work out a settlement! I'll give you full custody!
Vanessa: I already have full custody, Julian. And today, you are getting exactly what you deserve.