Chapter 12 - The Trap Victor invited me to a private negotiation.

I accepted.
Arthur objected.
“This could be a trap.”
“It is.”
“Then why go?”
“Because I want to know what he thinks he has.”
The meeting took place inside an empty skyscraper.
Victor sat alone at a long glass table.
“You're very brave.”
“No.”
I smiled.
“I'm very curious.”
He slid a folder toward me.
Inside was evidence that appeared to prove Vanguard had manipulated financial markets.
“Sign over your controlling shares.”
“Or?”
“You go to prison.”
I closed the folder.
“You forgot one thing.”
“What?”
I looked behind him.
The doors opened.
Federal investigators entered.
Victor's smile vanished.
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I had never come to negotiate.
I had come to expose him.
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