Chapter 17 - THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORT
The corporate investigation took six weeks.
It did not investigate whether Beatrice was a bad grandmother.
Only governance.
Findings:
Beatrice improperly used family shareholder influence to pressure me on personal parenting decisions.
Renata solicited support for chairmanship without disclosing the conflict created by the family dispute.
I overreached by freezing operational accounts.
I also blurred personal security and corporate resources during the wedding aftermath by temporarily using company-paid guards for family evidence preservation without documenting the separation.
No major financial loss beyond fees and delay.
Recommended reforms:
Independent board chair.
CEO remains management role.
Family trust votes disclosed and administered under written guidelines.
No relatives without formal office directing company staff.
Personal security expenses separated from corporate accounts.
Related-party decisions reviewed.
I read the report twice.
Then:
“They want me out as chair.”
Miriam corrected:
“They want the chair independent.”
“Same.”
“No.”
She was right.
Again.
Could I fight?
Yes.
I still had votes.
Could remain chair with enough support.
But then what?
Spend months proving the seat belonged to me while telling Dahlia seats did not matter?
I had to decide.
May you like
Not yet.
The formal vote was scheduled for the quarterly meeting.
