How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 393

Criminal charges?

This was almost beyond anything she'd imagined.

She'd thought she was just going in to answer a few questions-nothing more.

Even after climbing into her car, Sylvie's hands and feet felt cold and numb. None of this was what she'd expected. She'd already filed a lawsuit against VistaLink Technologies, and now, at this critical moment, she found herself entangled in the case-facing possible jail time?

Terrence's sudden disappearance-wasn't that just running away?

The police had made things perfectly clear. If they couldn't track down Terrence, as the company's CEO and their main point of contact, Sylvie would be held jointly responsible, even if she hadn't masterminded anything herself. To make matters worse, VistaLink Technologies alleged that the latest system from Neural Intelligence had used their leaked source code and technical solutions, resulting in a clear case of infringement.

Each new revelation struck like a hammer blow, one after another.

Sylvie could barely keep her composure. Her chest tightened as she tried, unsuccessfully, to steady her breathing. The shock was so overwhelming she could hardly string her thoughts together. After all, this was the first time in her life she'd faced something so serious.

If things had gone as she'd hoped, Elodie would have been branded a fraud in the tech world by now-her reputation in ruins.

a long minute to pull herself together. Then she quickly sent out instructions to

started her car again, heading for The

Criminal liability...

way to handle that on

statement, the

VistaLink Technologies' phone lines lit up once again-those who'd rushed to take sides earlier now scrambled to switch

from steady

in-Sylvie's been to the authorities. She must finally

questioned too.

been a civil lawsuit, that would have been one thing. But now it was a criminal matter. Elodie wanted to make sure

rather amusing. “Isn't this what they call hoisting yourself on

mess was

Terrence set up Sylvie?" Esmeralda asked, her

thought it was possible, but she said, "Whatever the reason, this was the only chance Sylvie had to try

Elodie to produce