Chapter 7
Blacklisted by Breakfast
Five companies canceled interviews before Naomi completed one application. A vendor forwarded the shared warning: volatile founder, evidence theft, patient risk.
The blacklist carried Simone's compliance signature. Simone claimed Voss used her certificate without approval.
To prove it, she would have to expose Northstar's entire signing system and end her career.
She declined.
Priya received the same warning despite never holding executive authority. Naomi realized the blacklist was not defense. It was a system built for every employee who might corroborate her.