"It's over," I tell him. "The FBI knows everything. Lisa sent all the evidence to the DOJ. Your board is being arrested as we speak."
"You're bluffing."
"Am I?" I gesture to the window. "Look outside. See the FBI vehicles? The DOJ agents? They're here for you, Charles."
Lisa's voice broadcasts through the room's speakers: "Meridian board members arrested at 14:32, Sterling Industries board at 14:45, Atlas Global at 14:47. You want me to continue?"
Charles's face goes white, then red. His empire was crumbling in real time.
"You think this changes anything?" His voice is shaking with rage. "I have contingencies, dead man's switches. If I'm arrested, everything comes down. Everyone connected to me-"
"Already disabled," Lisa interrupts cheerfully. "All of them. Your tech guy? Yeah, he works for me now. Has been for six months."
Charles's gun is shaking. He's losing, and he knows it.
But he's still dangerous.
