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The conference room fell into dead silence, no one willing to defend him anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, the board passed the removal motion 7-2, effective immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After the meeting, Dylan cornered me in the emergency stairwell. The dim corridor lighting cast half his face in brightness, half in shadow, making him look particularly menacing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His voice was hoarse: \u201cStella, do you have to push me to the brink?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned sideways and pulled a divorce agreement from my bag: \u201cIt\u2019s not the brink-it\u2019s an exit. Transfer all my shares from Stellar Trust No. 1 back to me, I\u2019ll sign the divorce papers, and I won\u2019t pursue the company accounting issues anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He flipped through the agreement, and after scanning the clauses, suddenly laughed coldly: \u201cYou want me to trade a billion for freedom?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat billion was my pre-marital assets anyway. You were just the trustee.\u201d I corrected him, voice calm but brooking no argument. \u201cNow, I just want you to \u2018leave with nothing\u2019-trust, properties, stocks, leave it all behind. You walk away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He gripped the agreement tighter, eyes full of resentment: \u201cWhat if I don\u2019t sign?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I raised my hand in signal, and Rex walked up the stairs with two uniformed financial crimes officers, their footsteps echoing clearly in the empty corridor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Morrison, we\u2019ve received reports that you\u2019re suspected of embezzlement and illegal foreign exchange transfers. Please cooperate with the\u00a0<\/p>\n
investigation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The officer\u2019s voice was serious, leaving no room for negotiation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the detention room, Dylan had shed all pretense-hair disheveled against his forehead, eyes bloodshot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I sat across from him and pushed over a printed A4 sheet: [Voluntary Relinquishment of Trust Protector Status and All Marital Community Property Declaration].\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stared at the line of text, eyes rimmed red, voice trembling: \u201cStella Parker, aren\u2019t you afraid I\u2019ll drag us both down?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour brother Dylan Jr. is studying in the UK-tuition is 500,000 pounds a year. After the trust is frozen, he\u2019ll have to drop out next month.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I spoke flatly, cataloging his vulnerabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd your father\u2019s retirement home in NY-I paid the down payment, and the contract is also under the trust name. I just need to submit proof of debt for the court to seize it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I pressed the fountain pen into his hand: \u201cSign, and you\u2019re free. Don\u2019t sign, and we all sink together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ten minutes later, he finally loosened his grip, the pen tip trembling out one final are on the paper, like severing our five-year marriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I collected the document and stood to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He suddenly called out to stop me: \u201cStella, when did you start planning all this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stood at the door, back turned to him, voice without a ripple: \u201cFrom the day you refused to give my mom $2000.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Walking out of the detention center, I called Rex: \u201cPhase two complete. Initiate phase three-asset repatriation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Rex whistled on the other end: \u201cRoger. Tonight 8 PM, Swiss custodian bank online hearing. Be on time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hung up and looked toward the sky.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The $2000 was just the fuse. What I really wanted to blow up was the golden cage he thought was impregnable and could keep me firmly in his grasp, along with his vastly different attitudes toward supporting both sets of parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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