Chapter 4 - A Different Kind of VictoryNearly a year later, the courtroom was full.
Photographs were taken.
Medical reports were signed.
The evidence became part of the criminal investigation.
Meanwhile, forensic accountants entered Mercer's headquarters.
Within days, investigators uncovered everything.
Forged loan applications.
Altered financial statements.
Hidden offshore transfers.
Millions of dollars had disappeared.
Most of it into Grant's private accounts.
His mother hadn't known.
His siblings hadn't known.
Neither had the board of directors.
Then another surprise emerged.
The company hadn't survived because of Grant.
It had survived because I had quietly paid employee salaries twice during cash-flow emergencies without telling anyone.
Payroll records proved it.
Several longtime employees testified voluntarily.
"She kept this company alive."
"We thought Mr. Mercer had saved us."
"He took credit for everything."
News outlets quickly picked up the story.
The headlines weren't kind.
"Attorney Secretly Saves Company While Husband Claims Success."
Grant resigned before the board could remove him.
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It made no difference.
Federal investigators continued their case.
