Chapter 4 - NORA HAD BEEN TALKING TO MY PARTNER.
My partner, Marcus Reed, and I had built our investment firm together.
Recently, we disagreed over acquiring a struggling medical-services company.
I opposed the deal.
Marcus wanted it badly.
The morning I overslept, the board advanced negotiations while I was absent.
That didn’t mean Marcus drugged me.
It didn’t even prove Nora’s actions were connected.
Then my assistant found calendar invitations forwarded from Nora’s personal email to Marcus.
I felt physically sick.
Nora had been communicating with him for months.
When confronted through attorneys, she admitted it.
But not to an affair.
Marcus had approached her because he was worried about my health.
I had been sleeping four hours a night.
Skipping meals.
Snapping at employees.
Nora had asked Marcus to reduce my workload.
Marcus instead told her I would never slow down voluntarily.
Then he suggested something unforgivable.
“Just make sure he sleeps.”
Nora insisted Marcus never gave her the medication.
She already had the old vial from her father’s belongings.
She made the choice herself.
Then came the question:
Did Marcus know she was putting it in my tea?
Nora said no.
Marcus denied knowing anything.
Their messages were incomplete because Nora had deleted part of the conversation.
“Why delete them?” I asked.
She looked down.
“Because I knew how they looked.”
That answer wasn’t enough.
Then investigators recovered a cloud backup.
One message from Marcus remained:
IF ETHAN MISSES THURSDAY MORNING, I CAN HANDLE THE VOTE.
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Nora had replied with only two words.
I KNOW.
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