Vanessa insisted investors needed purchase orders immediately.
Grant authorized manufacturing and instructed departments to complete safety documentation afterward.
Nobody in the room spoke when the recording ended.
I looked toward the injured patients’ families.
“I share responsibility,” I said. “When I realized Meridian’s executives were repeatedly ignoring safety systems, I remained because I believed I could correct the problem internally.”
Grant lifted his head.
“I overestimated my influence and underestimated their willingness to sacrifice safety for valuation. But I never approved the Titan component, and I never signed a risk
