Chapter 5

That was just what I was hoping for..

But I still acted like I was annoyed.

"Bud, do you even hear yourself right now?" I asked.

But my anger only made him laugh louder.

"Mr. Dennis, you already staked all your shares for collateral, didn't you?" Bud said.

My face turned pale.

Bud kept going. "You were way too full of yourself. You pawned all your shares for that foreign venture.

"I went ahead and bought up all those shares.

"I'm the biggest shareholder now. You're nobody now."

The board vote was a total blowout.

I left the company, feeling…