Chapter 8 - TREVOR’S LAST PERFORMANCE
Halbrook terminated Trevor.
Not for the mall assault alone.
Not for being Sadi’s terrible ex.
For falsifying financial disclosures, undisclosed conflicts, misuse of personal information, and conduct that exposed the firm to risk.
The partnership vote never happened.
Trevor lost the future he had been rehearsing for years.
He held a press conference outside his attorney’s office.
Terrible decision.
He said he was the target of a “personal vendetta orchestrated by organized crime interests.”
Roman watched the clip in silence.
Sadi laughed.
“This is embarrassing.”
“For him?”
“For everyone.”
Then Trevor mentioned her by name.
Claimed she had “always wanted a rich man to rescue her.”
That ended Sadi’s patience.
Not legally.
Publicly.
She released one statement:
I did not report Mr. Sloan because of who my husband is. I reported him because he kicked me in a public mall and evidence later showed he had used my personal information without permission. My husband’s identity does not make those acts more wrong. My former poverty does not make them less wrong.
Nothing else.
No romance.
No mafia threat.
No drama.
The statement spread farther than Trevor’s press conference.
Because it was boring.
Facts are devastating when the other side depends on spectacle.
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Trevor eventually reached a combined resolution across civil and criminal matters.
Restitution.
Financial penalties.
Probationary consequences related to the assault.
Separate exposure for identity and credit-related misconduct resolved through appropriate proceedings.
Sadi recovered funds.
More importantly, fraudulent liabilities were corrected.
Her credit record cleared.
She did not become richer through the case.
She became less tied to Trevor.
May you like
Better.
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