Chapter 59 - THE EXPERIMENT WORKERS NEVER AGREED TO.
Samuel admitted Thomas Bennett used the billing system to fund worker lawsuits secretly.
“He believed wealthy donors would investigate missing money, but struggling families would be blamed for unpaid bills.”
Denise stared at him.
“So he financed justice by exploiting the people least able to fight.”
Claire closed the account.
“My father opposed theft while choosing another group to carry it.”
The cooperative repaid residents before funding more litigation.
Samuel surrendered control of Thomas’s estate.
Inside the archive, Claire found a map connecting all twelve plants to a federal pilot program testing whether worker-owned companies could survive inherited liabilities.
Leonard, Caleb and Rebecca had corrupted it for profit.
But Thomas Bennett approved the original experiment.
The workers were never told they were subjects.
Evelyn found the evaluation rules.
If three plants failed, the government could seize every worker-owned company created from Whitmore Holdings.
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Two failures had already been recorded.
The third was scheduled for Newark that night.
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