The deposition room in downtown Wilmington hummed with an almost oppressive silence. High ceilings and polished mahogany amplified every small sound. Elena Rostova, impeccably dressed but with a visible tension in her shoulders, sat in the witness chair, her hand raised to take the oath.
“Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” the court reporter, Sarah DeWitt, intoned, her voice clear.
“I do,” Elena said, her voice steady despite the tremor in her hands.
David Kincaid, Arthur’s counsel, rose, his face flushed. “Objection, Your Honor! My client’s employee is under a strict non-disclosure agreement. Any testimony regarding internal corporate communications would be a direct breach!”
Mark’s attorney countered, arguing the public interest in preventing fraud. The judge, Vice Chancellor Vance, allowed Elena to proceed, cautioning her about the potential personal ramifications.
Elena produced the encrypted flash drive. “This contains an email chain, directly from Arthur Albright’s private account, requesting a specific backdated timestamp for Eleanor Albright’s digital stock proxy.” She looked directly at Arthur, who sat across the table, his face now a mask of ashen disbelief.
“Mr. Albright explicitly requested the digital signature key be applied at 3:14 PM on November 14th,” Elena testified, her voice growing stronger. “This was after Ms. Albright’s clinical death, as verified by my review of the medical records.”
She detailed her internal audit findings, the process by which Apex Capital had discovered the discrepancy, and Arthur’s direct instruction. Sarah DeWitt, the court reporter, meticulously transcribed every word, the soft click of her machine the only other sound in the room. Arthur remained motionless, his gaze fixed somewhere beyond Elena, his composure finally shattered. The deposition officially established the illegal, post-mortem execution of the proxy transfer.
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