Apex Innovations’ planned IPO collapsed before my press conference ended. Its stock was delisted from pre-market trading before the closing bell, and the prospectus disappeared from brokerage platforms while I was still answering questions.
Investors filed a class-action lawsuit larger than my own claim. The board resigned together in one public letter that accused Julian of hiding material risk. By afternoon, clients had begun terminating their contracts and demanding copies of the security audit.
That evening, someone leaked a phone video from the glass-walled conference room. The recording shook whenever the employee holding the phone moved, but Julian and Mia could be heard clearly as they screamed at each other.
“You useless i***t!” Julian knocked a row of awards from a shelf. “You
