Sienna tapped the notification, pulling up the article.
A massive headline dominated the screen.
[Official Statement via Fletcher Group Platform: Finn Fletcher Publicly Exposes Ford Fletcher for $1.2 Billion Embezzlement and Severe Child Abuse.]
Sienna was stunned.
Finn was doing this publicly?
Was he completely disregarding the Fletcher family's reputation?
This was corporate suicide.
[My name is Finn Fletcher. Today, I am releasing this statement in a personal capacity to reveal the truth to the public.
First, the current CEO of the Fletcher Group, Ford Fletcher, has falsified financial records through three subsidiary companies over the past three years, embezzling a total exceeding 1.2 billion dollars. All concrete evidence has been surrendered to the tax authorities and law enforcement.
Second, the boy publicly introduced four years ago as my son, York Fletcher, is not my child. His biological father is Ford Fletcher. Terrified that a scandal involving an illegitimate child would tank the company's stock, my mother intervened and ordered me to claim the boy as my own. I agreed. It was the worst mistake of my entire life.
Third, the cost of claiming that child was losing the woman I loved more than anything in this world. I owe her four years of truth. She did absolutely nothing wrong. The fault lies entirely with me.
Fourth, I am coming forward today because I have obtained irrefutable proof that Ford Fletcher has been physically abusing York. A four-year-old child bears the scars of cigarette burns and bruises from being whipped with a belt. Ford Fletcher is unfit to be a father, and he is certainly unfit to serve as the CEO of the Fletcher Group.
Effective immediately, I am filing a formal motion with the Board of Directors to demand his removal. Concurrently, I am pressing criminal charges for child abuse, and all evidence of financial fraud has been handed over to the SEC.
I am not asking for anyone's forgiveness. I only want the truth to be seen.]
The manifesto was accompanied by nine images.
Forged ledger entries. Bank wire transfers.
A sickeningly magnified photo of the cigarette burns on little York's back.
Official medical reports detailing the injuries, stamped by the hospital.
A psychiatric evaluation reading: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Age 4.
A DNA test confirming a 99.99% probability of paternity between Ford Fletcher and York Fletcher.
Sienna stared at the DNA report, her eyes burning and a massive lump forming in her throat.
At the bottom of the article, Finn had listed his immediate actions:


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