I saw it happen in real time. The flashback working behind his eyes. The nights he corrected my grocery lists. The mornings he walked past me with the twins and never once asked how many hours I had slept. The way he talked to women he thought were junior, decorative, maternal, or emotionally dependent. The way he never really listened when I spoke in strategy because he assumed intelligence in wives was texture, not threat.
He had shown himself constantly. I had simply finally stopped discounting the evidence.
Outside counsel took over then.
Not for drama. For process. She read the resolution clearly: termination for cause, effective immediately; revocation of all executive authority; preservation order on devices; suspension of equity vesting pending clawback review; referral of certain matters to outside investigators; commencement of internal notices to senior staff. The language was dry enough to be devastating.
Ryan tried to interrupt twice.