Under Darren's order, the lawsuits started rolling out.
Ms. Hargrove sat in her corner office on the forty-second floor, the morning sun gleaming off the glass and steel of the city skyline. But the view offered her no comfort today.
She was on the phone, and she sounded stressed, twirling a ball pen between her fingers. "The project is fully capitalized. I'm just moving some assets around to cover the initial ground-breaking costs. It's standard procedure."
On the other end of the line, the developer sounded skeptical. "Ms. Hargrove, we need the deposit by noon. The contractors are threatening to walk."
"You'll have it," she lied. "I just need to authorize a transfer from my holding company."
She hung up, her chest tightening. She had leveraged her position in Steele Investments to secure the loan for this project.
Since the sale was stopped, she had nothing now. Nothing. But surely, she could still borrow against them?
