So Daniel created one.
That document was inside the blue folder he stole from the safe.
A forged copy of authority he never possessed.
PART 30
My mother read the message.
Then she looked at me.
“You know what bothers me?”
“What?”
“He thought the company was a safe full of paper.”
I understood.
Sterling Global had survived recessions.
Lawsuits.
Failed products.
My father’s death.
Mom’s cancer.
It was not controlled by whoever carried a folder onto an airplane.
It was controlled through governance, records, people, law, and votes.
Daniel had confused symbols of power with power itself.
PART 31
The divorce took months.
The corporate investigation took longer.
I will not pretend every allegation produced a dramatic conviction.
Real cases are slower and narrower than revenge stories.
But forged documents were documented.
Improper transfers were traced.
Company funds were recovered where legally possible.
Daniel lost his role and access.
