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Noere living with my sister and her fiancé because I couldn’t bear to stay in the house where we’d been attacked Wes was here because he needed help getting around We were medically forbidden to have sex We shared a bathroom He’d seen me in my sweats with no makeup on He’d seen me in a mud mask
I wasn’t sure what to make of any of this
We’d gone froether And although I considered myself a hardcore type A, who always had a master plan and a checklist, I had no idea what came next
I checked my phone as I hustled to the kitchen But as the screen lit up, I stopped in time friend, Fiona Pace
I have a situation I need to talk to you about
Are you up yet? Text me when you can
I’m worried about Protocol Therapeutics…
Is there any e can meet today?
Can you please text me? I’m about to lose it
I read and re-read theon? I wrote
Fiona responded iirls ready for school now I’ll call you in a little bit I need to see you and Lauren today, if possible
Okay, I wrote back But I didn’t feel okay
I rabbed aI’d known Fiona for years, but I’d never seen her stressed If I was a type A, Fiona was a Triple A She was a Silicon Valley legend She ed hostile corporate takeovers andher fa a sweat or sloss
We were good friends, but I hadn’t spoken to her recently Things had been so intense with our company’s release of its revolutionary health patch and the crazy surrounding circu and being held hostage—that there hadn’t been much time to chat
I thought about her texts as I grabbedback to take a quick shower What had Fiona so rattled? In her latest corporate incarnation, she was the all-star CEO of Protocol Therapeutics, a hot new start-up that had the industry buzzing with speculation about its enor a cancer antibody therapy If it worked, it was going to revolutionize healthcare
Technology like this could change the world
I got out of the shower in record ti through Protocol Therapeutics’s website on my phone Fiona had assembled an all-female leadership team, which was no small feat in male-dominated Silicon Valley
Why is she worried about her company?
There had to be an excellent reason I shivered, bracing myself I needed to find out what it was