Chapter 4 - What Vanessa Expected the Bite to DoDoctors examined Vanessa after the restaurant called emergency services.
She showed no immediate severe symptoms. Tests confirmed only that something unauthorized had been introduced into the dessert, but investigators withheld the nature and quantity from the public.
Vanessa refused to explain what she believed would happen after Alexander ate it.
Her messages supplied part of the answer.
She had arranged for a private physician to meet them at the hotel suite after dinner. The physician expected to evaluate Alexander for sudden exhaustion and confusion.
Draft documents authorized Vanessa to assume temporary control of his personal and corporate decisions if two doctors considered him impaired.
One signature had already been prepared.
The plan did not rely on a dramatic death inside the restaurant.
It relied on uncertainty, privacy, and the assumption that Vanessa would appear to be the concerned partner managing an unexpected medical crisis.
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The dessert was only the first step.
The documents waiting upstairs were the reason the first step mattered.
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