Chapter 6 - The Digital Cascade
Before Victoria could answer, a high-pitched alert chime echoed from her purse.
Simultaneously, dozens of smartphones across the ballroom began chiming, buzzing, and flashing with emergency notifications. The high-net-worth investors, board members, and news reporters in attendance rapidly pulled out their devices, staring at the lit screens with wide, horrified eyes.
“Look at the ticker!” a prominent board member whispered loudly, his hands trembling. “The hostile takeover... it just completed!”
“Vance Dynamics stock is being bought out at three times market value!” another investor gasped. “Who is Apex Neural Holdings?”
Victoria frantically pulled her gold-cased phone from her clutch. The screen was flashing bright crimson with a system-wide legal lock alert. A push notification read: ALL VANCE FAMILY ASSETS FROZEN BY COURT ORDER PENDING PATENT INFRINGEMENT SANCTIONS.
Maya stepped closer, her shadow falling directly over Victoria, who was now trembling uncontrollably against a marble pillar.
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“You thought you destroyed my work three years ago,” Maya said softly, her cold eyes locking onto Victoria’s terrified gaze. “You thought taking my legs meant taking my future. But every line of code in Vance Dynamics' main systems was encrypted with my personal biometric signature.”
👉 Read PART 7 to find out who was secretly helping Maya from inside the company!
