We disagreed. He directed me to continue. I declined and I took her the materials to Harbor Lights executive director directly. She looked at Patricia Ames who was seated at the far end of the table with her hands folded and her expression steady. I acted without Donovan's authorization.
Adrienne said, "I accept that. I would do it again." Donovan's legal counsel leaned toward him briefly. Donovan's expression had not changed. The document in front of you, Adrienne continued, bears my signature on a version of the creative brief that was produced after I had already submitted my objection and initiated contact with Harbor Light.
I was not party to that version. The signature was obtained on a document I did not review in a meeting I was told was administrative. She sat down, Jonathan said with complete serenity. That's a difficult claim to substantiate. I'm aware, Adrienne said.
I'm not asking you to take my word for it. I'm asking you to take the accurate word for it. There was a pause. Then the door to the conference room opened. Terrence did not walk in the way someone walks in when they expect to be watched.
He crossed the room without announcement and placed a USB drive on the table in front of the board chair. My name is Terrence Row, he said. I was the lead analyst on Orleans Harbor Lightite project until my reassignment was confirmed this morning. Before that took effect, I completed a review of the archival file materials that Harbor Lightite provided to Oralene at the start of the partnership. Those files included version history data.
The board chair looked at the drive. What does the version history show? The campaign files that incorporated personal testimonial content were created and modified under a single account. That account belongs to Donovan Price. Terrence remained standing.
His voice level. The consent flags on those materials, the fields that indicated participant authorization were altered. They were marked as confirmed after the date on which Adrien Monroe submitted her formal objection. The metadata is timestamped. He paused.
The version of the approval document that Donovan submitted this morning, the one bearing Adrienne's signature was finalized 9 days after she sent a written request to discontinue her involvement in the project. That email is also in the archive. The signature on the document postdates her withdrawal. No one in the room spoke. Terrence addressed the board chair directly.
I can walk anyone through the technical documentation. It's not complicated, but I want to make sure it's fully understood. Patricia Ames had opened her own folder while Terrence was speaking. She laid two pages on the table. I pulled our internal records this morning after the first document was submitted yesterday.