The “promoter” couldn’t withstand the pressure from the Clarke family’s legal team. He confessed everything before they even had to get rough.
That afternoon, several police cars, sirens wailing, screeched to a halt in front of the Cross Group building.
Simultaneously, major financial and news outlets pushed a bombshell story:
[SHOCKING: Cross Group’s Unfair Competition Escalates to Alleged Kidnapping for Hire!]
[Business Tactic or Organized Crime? Amelia Cross’s Methods Are Appalling!]
The public outcry was immediate and deafening.
If the previous technological fraud was a matter of business ethics, then kidnapping an elderly woman was a violation of the law and, more importantly, a breach of the public’s moral code.
The Cross Group’s stock, which had already been plummeting, was now completely frozen, triggering a massive sell-off.
Amelia had just tried to slip out the back door when she was intercepted by the police, who were already waiting for her.
“Ms. Cross, you are under suspicion of soliciting kidnapping. Please come with us.”
Camera flashes erupted in a frenzy.
Amelia shielded her face with her purse as she was shoved, disheveled, into the back of a police car.
The entire scene was broadcast live across the internet.
Grace sat in her office, a thick stack of files in front of her.
These were the records of all the small companies that had been suppressed, acquired, and even driven to bankruptcy by the Cross Group’s underhanded tactics.
As she flipped through the documents, she saw a reflection of her former self: isolated, helpless, trampled into the mud, where even breathing felt like a mistake.
She made a few calls.
“Hello, is this Mr. Moorland? This is Grace. Yes, regarding the case five years ago when the Cross Group forcibly acquired your patent, I have new evidence…”
“Sir, do you want to overturn your case? The Clarke family’s legal team is at your disposal, free of charge.”
When there’s blood in the water, the sharks start circling.
Led by Grace, more than a dozen companies formed a coalition and filed a class-action lawsuit.
The charges included, but were not limited to: unfair competition, corporate espionage, theft of trade secrets, and malicious acquisitions.
Every single accusation was backed by solid proof.
Some of this evidence Grace had uncovered through her own hacking skills in the past few days; the rest was gathered by Damien using his extensive network.

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