targeted pathways the modified cells simply bypassed.
Genevieve had discovered evidence of the program accidentally after finding documents attached to one of her old fertility files.
She began investigating Helixor quietly.
She traced research payments.
Patient records.
Laboratory samples.
When she realized Jonah and Blythe carried the altered marker, she panicked.
“So why didn’t she tell me?”
Elena looked at me with an expression I hated because it contained pity.
“She tried.”
“No.”
“She didn’t trust the people around you.”
“My wife trusted me.”
“You.”
Elena nodded.
“She didn’t trust everyone around you.”
The words landed differently.
I glanced toward Prescott.
His face remained unreadable.
“Who?”
“She never told me his name.”
“His?”
“She said someone close to you controlled too much of what reached your desk.”
I felt a coldness spreading through my chest.
Elena continued.
“Genevieve had been helping Sofia access treatment.
That’s how we became close.
She
