Chapter 13 - THE THREATThe first direct threat came from voicemail.

Seven months before the burn.
Jason angry after I challenged a cash withdrawal.
“Iris, stop digging through accounts like you’re some auditor. You keep trying to take Briarstone from me, and I swear you’ll regret what happens.”
Ugly.
Not specific.
Then another text two months before the burn:
You keep pushing and eventually something breaks.
Defense:
Metaphor.
Possible.
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Context mattered.
No single threatening sentence proved the stockpot.
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