Since Zoren called for an emergency vote on whether to appoint Atlas as President, the meeting had to take an hour's break for deliberation. The board of directors and even the shareholders needed time to process the situation.
"Director William, what is going on here?!" one of the directors panicked, pacing back and forth in William's office. "How could you not know about this? You said everything was under control!"
"Director William, wasn't this supposed to be about Mr. Jonathan Pierson? Why is Atlas Bennet here?"
"We can't let Atlas Bennet become the President of Pierson Corporation. Just this morning, didn't he warn us… I mean, didn't he threaten you this morning, Director William? I think that's what he meant by what he said!"
"We can't put off this vote. We need to persuade the rest of the board and the shareholders! It's an emergency vote—this is what the CEO planned, isn't it?! It's why he's been so quiet all this time!"
