She said it's coordinated. They worked out the framing together. Did your ex believe it? A silence longer than usual. He wants to Diane said it's easier for him if I'm the one doing something wrong.
She said it without self-pity. The way she said most things like a fact she'd already processed and filed. He's going to push for the board meeting to be delayed pending HR review of the complaint against you. Can he do that? He can request it.
He doesn't have the votes for it. A pause. Probably. Probably. Marcus repeated.
Three board members are genuinely neutral. One is mine. Two are his. The chair is the chair will follow the majority. She exhaled.
I need the neutral three to see the documentation before my ex's framing takes hold. I'm sending them Hartwell's materials tonight. Is that inside protocol? Hartwell approved it. She said premeating distribution to independent directors is standard for governance disclosures.
My ex will complain. That's fine. Marcus was quiet for a moment. He was thinking about the recorded call and when to use it and how much to tell Diane about it now. He told her.
I've had the recording since the Friday he called. He said, "I didn't send it to Hartwell yet because I wanted to understand the full shape of the situation before I played it." A beat. He's on record acknowledging knowledge of Pacific Ridg's bid details. Marcus said in a call he initiated to my cell from a blocked number. "The knowledge he demonstrates in that call is specific enough that it implies direct access to confidential bid documentation, which means someone inside the company gave him the numbers," Diane said.
Yes. She was quiet for a long moment. That's not just a vendor fraud problem, she said. That's an insider disclosure problem. Yes.
He said, "If you present that recording at the board meeting, the question of who gave him the bid numbers has to be answered," Marcus said. "Which means the neutral board members have to want to ask it, which means they have to see the recording before my ex's framing settles. Send it to Hartwell tonight," Diane said. Right now, before anything else, he sent it. Hartwell responded in 11 minutes.