I turned toward the screens behind me. With a subtle nod, my assistant—loyal only to me—activated the presentation I had prepared.

Numbers appeared. Documents. Emails. Proof. Every slide told a story: the acquisitions I had negotiated, the patents I had secured, the deals Robert had nearly destroyed until I salvaged them.

Gasps spread through the crowd as they realized what they were seeing. Investors exchanged looks, suddenly recalculating where the real power in the room lay.

“And as of tonight,” I continued, my voice cutting through the murmurs, “the empire you all admire no longer bears Robert’s name alone. The papers have been signed. Effective immediately, I am the majority shareholder. This company—our company—belongs to me.”