Chapter 7 - ELISE WAS NOT TRYING TO INHERIT ANYTHINGElise’s motive came from rage.
Her younger brother had been Caleb Morrison’s research partner.
Three years earlier, he died by suicide after a professional misconduct investigation destroyed his career.
No note blamed Vale directly.
Still, Elise believed Julian had sacrificed her brother to protect the patent.
She married Julian before the scandal.
Stayed married afterward.
Quietly hated him.
Then discovered the company was about to profit massively from technology partly developed by her brother.
She wanted the licensing deal destroyed.
Not money.
Reputation.
Revenge.
She found an old internal report connecting Ethan’s allergy sample to the device validation.
Then created the plan.
Cause a serious allergic incident at Ethan’s birthday.
Ensure the powder could be traced to Vale research material.
Leak the story.
Make it appear the company’s own safety systems were dangerously negligent.
She told Peter the child would become sick but recover.
Did she know the amount could kill him?
Evidence showed she had searched:
cashew protein severe pediatric anaphylaxis dose
That destroyed any claim of ignorance.
She knew risk.
She proceeded anyway.
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Pain had become permission.
It wasn’t.
