Chapter 6

Rachel told me that after James opened that document, the whole conference room went silent.

It was a notice from the trustee of my trust, on the trust's letterhead and signed by counsel. It listed seventeen patent licenses and revoked every one of them, and one line was added at the bottom.

Effective immediately, all related technology licenses were terminated.

More than seventy percent of Dalton Pharmaceuticals' production lines depended on those patents.

When Edward finally spoke, he wasn't angry anymore. He was passing judgment. "James, I'll be blunt. You get half the credit for getting this company here, and…