Chapter 15 - THE COMPANY THEY PLANNED TO STEAL
Federal investigators reconstructed the succession plan.
Step one.
Remove Maren’s emergency medication.
Step two.
Trigger fatal allergic reaction.
Step three.
Delay emergency response.
Step four.
Present restaurant contamination as accidental.
Step five.
Collect $12 million insurance.
Step six.
Reed assumes temporary Founder Share stewardship.
Step seven.
Reed votes with Graham-aligned shareholders to approve merger with Voss Health Partners.
Step eight.
Whitaker Medical assets are reorganized.
Step nine.
Key patents move to newly created subsidiaries.
Step ten.
Reed receives executive control.
Celeste receives money.
Graham receives patents.
The company survives in name.
The Whitaker family loses control permanently.
It was elegant.
On paper.
Until Maren pressed a button.
Then everything froze.
The merger could not proceed.
The money could not move.
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The audio could not disappear.
And Evelyn came home.
