Chapter 13 - The Foundation Opens Its Books
The forensic review took months.
I did not lead it.
That would have created obvious conflicts.
An independent accounting firm did.
Their findings confirmed serious related-party transactions and control
failures.
Some vendor payments lacked adequate support.
Others involved companies connected to Marcus’s professional network.
The review did not prove every dollar had been stolen.
It did establish enough to trigger civil claims, governance changes, and
further legal scrutiny.
Marcus resigned as foundation counsel.
Diane lost her board position.
Dr. Cole faced professional review over the unsupported psychiatric
documentation.
The hospital disciplined staff involved in my treatment and changed
procedures around outside legal requests involving maternity patients.
I watched all of this from home while feeding Sophie at three in the
morning.
It felt strangely ordinary.
Empires did not always collapse with sirens.
Sometimes they collapsed through subpoenas, audit trails, board minutes,
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and people finally refusing to sign what powerful families placed in
front of them.
