Chapter 9 - THE CASE AGAINST GRANT AND VICTOR
The criminal investigation split into separate tracks.
Grant faced charges related to assault and threats at hospice.
Those were straightforward.
Witness.
Security response.
Nurse statement.
Physical contact.
He accepted a plea involving assault-related conduct, criminal threat consequences, mandatory counseling, and a protective order.
He also resigned from Ward Adaptive Systems.
Victor’s case took longer.
Financial evidence showed undisclosed conflicts.
Improper payments.
False disclosures to the board.
Participation in side agreements tied to Helixor and Corven Ridge.
Unauthorized entry into Mara’s home office.
Evidence handling issues.
He was not charged with plotting Mara’s murder.
There was no proof of that.
Important.
He had given Grant dangerously false legal assurances.
He had helped create financial pressure.
He had concealed conflicts.
That was enough.
His law license was suspended, then later revoked after professional proceedings.
Civil settlements recovered a significant portion of questionable fees.
Corven Ridge walked away from the patent deal.
Helixor denied knowledge of the hidden side structure and cooperated after subpoenas.
Some executives left.
Some stayed.
The truth was not one villain.
It was a network of people willing to profit from an assumption they never verified:
Elias would die.
Grant would control the patent.
Everyone could get paid afterward.
They were right about only one thing.
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Elias died.
Everything else failed.
