Chapter 3 - The Boardroom ConfrontationThe silence between them stretched like a taut wire as they left the gala early. Back at the mansion, the confrontation boiled over in the private executive study.
"I didn't know," Caroline pleaded, her voice trembling—a rare fracture in her pristine facade. "I took over as CEO three years ago. I reviewed hundreds of active and canceled projects in my first month. I signed what the chief medical officer placed in front of me."
"You signed off on a life-saving trial without looking at the human cost?" Elias asked, his hands clenched into fists at his sides. "Sarah was thirty years old, Caroline. She was getting better. And then one day the clinic told us the program was terminated due to lack of funding."
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"I signed off on project closures recommended for clinical safety issues," Caroline asserted, pulling up digital files on her terminal. "If Genesis was canceled for financial reasons or framed as a safety issue, I was lied to."
Elias looked at her, his eyes heavy with grief and fury. "I signed a contract with the woman whose hand indirectly took my wife's last chance away."
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