Chapter 102: Twenty-Four Hours
At Ashford Holdings,
Focusing on one crisis would risk another issue spiraling out of control. Nevertheless, Damien had to rush to the company to deal with CFO Charlie Harmon, while others were still searching for Vivienne.
There were already police cars parked outside the building. He went upstairs to the finance department, where a group of officers were questioning Charlie privately while another team collected necessary documents from the finance department.
His eyes zeroed in on Linette Rowe, who was surrounded by other directors and, obviously, Lawrence.
As he approached Linette, the other directors dispersed, but Lawrence remained. Damien ignored Lawrence and spoke directly to the chairman. "Chairman Rowe, you didn’t have to involve the police when Ashford Holdings is already in the news every other day."
His project had started to have a positive effect on the company, but the change in the Chairman was earning mixed opinions.
Lawrence responded before Linette could even reply. "Yeah, Damien’s right. That way, he could have buried the scam himself."
Damien glared at Lawrence, but the latter just smirked. Lawrence wanted Damien’s loyal allies to abandon him one by one.
Linette responded to Damien with measured authority. "Director Ashford, this isn’t something small that can be resolved with a warning or termination. This is massive financial fraud." Then she walked over to the lead officer to get updates on the situation.
Damien watched Charlie through the glass walls of the conference room. The CFO sat in stony silence, refusing to answer any questions.
"This is just the beginning, Damien." Lawrence’s voice dripped with satisfaction as he noted that Damien’s composure was finally cracking.