He listened, his eyes widening in sheer terror.
“OSHA, the IRS, and the Department of Justice?!
They’re seizing the haulers right now?!”
Next was Gabriel, the youngest brother, who ran the family’s media and logistics arm.
His phone buzzed furiously with news alerts.
“Dad…”
Gabriel gasped, his hands shaking so violently he almost dropped the device.
“Dad, look at the wire news.
The SEC just issued an emergency indictment against Montgomery Global Holdings.
Fraud, money laundering, racketeering… the board just voted to strip you of all executive authority!
They’re liquidating the stock!”
One by one, the dominoes fell in a terrifying, synchronized cascade.
Eight phones.
Eight lives, shattered in less than forty seconds.
Every asset they owned, every bank account they operated, every shell company they used to hide their corruption was being torn apart with microscopic precision by the global financial leviathan I had unleashed.
Finally, Arthur’s heavy gold phone vibrated in his trembling coat pocket.
He looked down at the caller ID.
It was Senator Harrison—the man Arthur had bribed for two decades, the man who had guaranteed his family absolute immunity in this state.
