Cole's POV
The federal investigation opened Thursday morning.
FBI agents arrived at Victor's office at eight with warrants for his financial records, communication logs, and every digital file connected to the shell companies he had used to fund Sophia's fabricated evidence and Rachel's payments. Marcus had coordinated with Catherine's team to ensure they had everything documented and ready before the agents showed up.
Victor was not at his office. Nobody had seen him since he walked out of the board meeting yesterday afternoon.
I was reviewing the investigation timeline with Catherine when Noah knocked on my office door.
"Victor's lawyer just called," he said. "He wants to negotiate a settlement. Says Victor will resign from the board completely and divest all company holdings in exc
