The news hit the major networks before the opening bell: Vance Development Group Under Federal Investigation for Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud.

Mercer Capital Launches Hostile Takeover.

Sitting in my private hospital room, nursing Noah while the television played on mute, I watched the chaotic media circus unfold outside the Vance corporate headquarters downtown.

The cameras captured the exact moment federal agents from the Securities and Exchange Commission, flanked by local law enforcement, walked through the glass doors of the tower.

And minutes later, the cameras cut to my brother.

Caleb, being led out of a side entrance in handcuffs, a jacket draped over his wrists to hide the steel restraints, his face pale, his eyes darting frantically toward the flashing cameras.