Three years later, the Beaumont Institute for Hematological Research occupied a glass and steel building beside the university.
The settlement had paid for the construction and the first years of research.
My name was on the charter as director. Beaumont remained on the building and the endowment paperwork because the court had attached the family assets to the institute.
The lawyers handling the estate still sent formal updates. I read them because several accounts remained tied to the institute.
Lily died six months after the trial. Her body never recovered from the illness or the failed treatment.
Chloe was committed to a state psychiatric facility. One report said she carried a torn rag doll through the ward and called it Lily.
Adrian was serving his sentence in a maximum-securit
