Man Frames His Son to Take Over His Company, Loses Business Next Day

About 10 years ago I started a wood processing company. The beginning was difficult and I couldn't control many important processes alone. However, my enthusiasm was so great that somehow I managed to deal with all the challenges of owning my own business.

One day my father, seeing how exhausted I was from working so hard, offered to help me. I was very happy. This should have been a very beautiful story of a father and son working on the same thing. With his help, we managed to accelerate the business' growth.

In 10 years, we reached 200 employees and became a well-known and respected company in the area. But as our business grew, a subtle shift occurred. It was as if my father was starting to withdraw. At first, I dismissed it as the natural ebb and flow of life, assuming that the pressures of running a thriving business were taking their toll on him. Yet, a gnawing feeling persisted, and my attempts to dig deeper into his changing in demeanor were met with evasive responses.

The collapse of our relationship culminated on a day when the police appeared at my doorstep with grave accusations of fraud. I was dumbfounded and the air was thick with tension as they questioned me about financial discrepancies that I had no knowledge of. Panic set in as I realized the severity of the situation, and I frantically sought answers.

The explanation came quickly and was so shocking that my world turned upside down. The same evening, my father called me saying that he was going to come over to my house. He showed up with a sheaf of papers in his hands. As I discovered soon, these documents transferred control of the company into the hands of my father. He revealed a plan to me, a plan so cunning that it sent shivers down my spine. My dad, the man I loved and trusted so much, had orchestrated this entire debacle to wrest control from me. He claimed that if I signed the papers willingly, he would put an end to the investigation, sparing me from legal repercussions with just a financial penalty.

Staring at those papers, I felt a deep feeling of betrayal. The business we had built together became the reason for the destruction of all my ideas about the relationship we had built. But I felt like It wasn't just about the business or me and my father. For me, it was also about the people who had stood shoulder to shoulder with us, the employees whose livelihoods depended on our success.

In a moment of desperation, I felt it was important to maintain the continuous functioning of the company, so I signed those papers.

The morning of the next day was absolutely bleak. I had no idea what was coming next. But just as quickly as my life collapsed, so quickly events unfolded the whole situation.

They saw through the web of deceit my father had spun, and in an act of solidarity, they collectively resigned. I received a call from the manager in which he sympathized and supported me in every possible way, however, what was more shocking was the news that the majority of employees understood what was happening and were not ready to work under the leadership of a person like my father. They decided to quit, demonstrating their protest.

Work stopped very quickly and the company began to lose clients and credibility. Father's plan began to fall apart at the seams. It was difficult to find new employees, especially in the required quantity.

Besides this, my dad turned out to be not the best forger. The investigation delved deeper into the case and quickly discovered the falsity of the documents presented to them. But, victory tastes bittersweet. The business that had been our shared dream was now in shambles.

When I was acquitted, I clearly understood that I could not let down my employees, and with renewed vigor, I decided to start a new business. Fueled by a shared determination to rise from the ashes, we started restoring what had been lost. I've learned an important lesson. Communication with my father was almost impossible for me and I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive him. His mercantile desires only led to the destruction of our relationship and did not give any results.

It is possible that not only me, who gained an important experience, but also my father will understand the consequences of his actions, and one day we will try to improve our relationship.

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