Chapter 17 - THE HOTEL ELIZA INHERITED WAS DROWNINGThe audit revealed $86 million in hidden debt.
Renovations had been financed twice.
Vendor invoices were inflated.
Employee retirement contributions were delayed.
Guest deposits funded operating losses.
Genevieve presented record revenue while borrowing to cover basic expenses.
The hotel looked magnificent.
Its finances were collapsing beneath the marble.
Selling could protect the remaining value.
Closing would cost nine hundred jobs.
Keeping it without reform could create larger losses.
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Inheritance offered no magical answer.
Only responsibility with a famous crest.
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Chapter 18 - THE COMPANIES BEHIND GENEVIEVE’S NAMETwelve vendors shared addresses with companies controlled by Genevieve.
Chapter 19 - THE EMPLOYEES WHO FINALLY SPOKEWorkers gathered in the ballroom after the audit became public.
Chapter 20 - ELIZA REFUSED THE CROWNThe board offered me the presidency.
Chapter 21 - THE PUBLIC AUDITWe published the audit.
Chapter 22 - GENEVIEVE LOST MORE THAN A TITLEGenevieve was removed from every operating role.
Chapter 23 - NATHANIEL’S DELAYED TRUTHNathaniel received professional discipline for his role in the later will.
