WHAT AUDACITY!

REIGN

I arrived at my company with anger evident in my eyes because my plan of staying with Cora and making her feel better had been needlessly interrupted.

The company's stocks were plummeting but I was still the highest shareholder by eighty percent and I had the perfect plan to make them rise again after Cora's innocence had been proven. I didn't have to deal with things like this at such a time but my assistant had informed me that unpleasant rumors were flying around the company and to make matters worse, they were coming from the board members. What impudence!

I went into the company and headed straight for the boardroom. My assistant was waiting outside the room with an anxious expression on his face.

His eyes lit up the moment he saw me and he said, "Thank God you're here, sir. The board members are unhappy and Mr. Franklin seems to be the one stirring them and blowing things out of proportion."

I nodded, "interesting."

I opened the door and went inside while my assistant follo