Chapter 13 - ROSE’S TRUSTEE HAD BEEN RIGHTThe independent valuation came back.

Amelia’s royalty stream was worth substantially more than Evan’s consolidation model assumed.
Not sixty-three million.
Potentially closer to eighty million over the relevant term under expected adoption rates.
Evan had underpriced it.
Maybe deliberately.
Maybe optimism toward the acquisition.
Investigators found internal messages:
If we give the trustee full upside assumptions, Nexora walks.
Then:
Need Daniel to see family value, not isolated royalty value.
That was the logic.
Rose should accept less because the broader family company benefited.
Except Rose was not a corporate charity.
Her mother created that right.
As trustee counsel said:
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“Family benefit is not a substitute for fiduciary duty.”
Exactly.