Chapter 15 - The Board Report
The special committee released findings to the board.
Questionable vendor payments.
Undisclosed conflicts.
Grant’s personal financial benefit.
Interference with Daniel’s estate records.
Attempted manipulation of property after death.
The report did not accuse Grant of causing Daniel’s death.
It explicitly stated no evidence connected the corporate dispute to Daniel’s medical event.
Clara insisted on that.
Rumors online had become disgusting.
“Brother kills CEO for fortune.”
False.
Daniel died from a medical event.
Grant exploited what followed.
Truth was bad enough.
The board referred suspected criminal conduct to authorities and pursued recovery of company funds.
Nolan Price faced separate scrutiny.
Peter Sloan lost his job and faced professional consequences.
Andrew Sloan publicly stepped back from Clara’s estate work because his son’s misconduct created obvious conflict.
Rachel remained counsel.
Clean lines.
Mercer Development appointed an external CEO.
Not Grant.
Not another Mercer.
Evelyn supported the decision.
Daniel’s ten-year voting trust continued.
The company would not become a family throne.
That had been his final governance choice.
At a shareholder meeting, Evelyn spoke briefly.
“My son Daniel believed stewardship was different from ownership.”
She paused.
“I understood that too late.”
Grant did not attend.
Clara watched remotely.
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