I watched the confidence slowly disappear from Derek’s face with every slide that appeared on the screen.
One by one, the numbers exposed everything he had spent months hiding behind polished presentations and carefully rehearsed speeches. The downgraded resin materials. The ignored compatibility warnings. The manipulated reports designed to bury scrap losses and future warranty risks before anyone looked closely enough to question them.
Every shortcut was there in black and white.
And suddenly, the man who had spent years calling me inexperienced and emotional no longer looked untouchable.
The room had changed.
The same executives who once nodded along with Derek’s “efficiency strategies” now sat frozen in silence, realizing those cost-cutting decisions could have damaged the entire company from the inside out.
When I finally spoke, I kept my voice steady.
Not angry.
Not emotional.
Just honest.
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