Dana distributed folders around the table — laboratory reports, financial records, security footage, access logs, and copies of the documents Vanessa and Arthur had prepared.

Graham played the dinner recording. Vanessa’s voice filled the room.

“I created a medical condition the board would understand.”

No one moved. Then came her statement about stopping the dosage once the company was stable. A director named Susan Park removed her glasses. “My God.”

“There is more,” Graham said. Dana displayed messages recovered from the remote access drive. Arthur had promised to nominate Vanessa as interim voting representative after the wedding.

Dr. Sutter had agreed to describe Graham’s condition as a progressive neurological disorder. They had discussed which executives would be dismissed and which divisions would be sold.