Lex learned about the board's decision the same way most of the world did — through a news alert that buzzed his phone during third period, forcing him to duck into an empty stairwell to read it properly before his hands could stop shaking enough to hold the screen steady.
VOLKOV GROUP CEO STEPS ASIDE PENDING INVESTIGATION, BOARD APPOINTS INTERIM LEADERSHIP
The article was thin on details — corporate statements rarely offered much — but the shape of it was unmistakable. Nikolai Volkov had not resigned outright, not yet, but the board had voted, apparently unanimously, to place him on indefinite leave while an independent investigation looked into the allegations, both the original fifteen-year-old scandal and, more pointedly, the recent, documented attempts to intimidate witnesses.
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