Chapter 6 - THE ATTACKER WAS A CONTRACTORPolice identified “Aaron Blake.”
Real name:
Peter Voss.
Forty-two.
Freelance event worker.
Previous convictions for fraud and burglary.
No known connection to the Vale family.
He was arrested two days later.
He admitted entering under a false badge.
Admitted applying the powder.
Denied intending to kill Ethan.
He claimed:
“I was told the kid would have a rash and the party would turn into a scandal.”
That did not make sense given the concentration.
Maybe he was lying.
Maybe whoever hired him lied to him.
He had been paid $15,000.
Half upfront.
Half promised afterward.
By whom?
A shell consulting company.
Owned through another LLC.
Then another.
Eventually linked to:
Cross Biomedical Strategy Group.
Julian’s private consultancy.
Dominic stared at the report.
Julian went pale.
“That company is mine.”
“Then explain.”
“I haven’t used it in two years.”
“Who can?”
Julian looked down.
“My wife.”
There it was.
Elise Cross.
Board member.
Research strategist.
May you like
Ethan’s godmother.
And a woman who had been strangely absent from the party until fifteen minutes after the cake incident.
