old morning air hitting her face as she nav
of an exclusive, underground speake
unt, was already sitting in a dark leat
gner bag onto the seat, and collapse
er and immediately ordered
's forehead, her brow furrowing as she as
g deep in her bones. She told Amiya she had s
ather briefcase and pulled out a confidential do
the table, leaning in close and wh
quarter of overseas royalty payments had succes
igure number printed in black ink. A
ead back, swallowing the liquor in one long gulp
he hard edges of the room began to blu
k-to-back. The crushing weight on her chest fin
her phone. The bright screen hurt he
re she found the contact sav
unged across the table to grab the phon
massive mahogany table in the Finley Group's top-f
the wood. The screen li
er his emotions to the room, he picked up the device and pressed
piece. Evelyn's drunk, breathy laugh drifted to him, mocking
ne, she loudly insulted his performance in be
y, that he lacked the basic physi
a breath, their eyes dropping to their notepads, terrified to e
s in his jaw bulging as he ground his teeth together
his ear to hang up, but Evel
lammed the device down onto the table so hard the
able. She buried her face in her arms and laughed h
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