His eyes moved rapidly across the page.
Then he looked at me.
“You forged these.”
I almost laughed.
“That’s your defense?”
He stood.
“You can’t do this.”
“I already did.”
I nodded toward Daniel.
“Tell them.”
Daniel slowly stood.
He looked terrified.
Then he placed another document on the table.
“The corporate structure was reviewed last night.”
Aaron stared at him.
“Daniel?”
Daniel swallowed.
“Alyssa’s family trust owns the preferred shares.”
Aaron’s face went completely white.
“And those shares carry voting control.”
Silence.
I leaned back.
“Which means that although everyone calls you the founder…”
I paused.
“I control the company.”
Aaron’s mother stood abruptly.
“This is absurd!”
“No,” I said quietly.
“What’s absurd is that none of you ever bothered to check.”
Aaron looked at me as though he were seeing me for the first time.
“You planned this.”
“No.”
I shook my head.
