Theodore POV
I'm fuming as I take hold of the financials. Dahlia's parents were not as upfront or honest about the state the company was in as they wanted to appear. The company is already in the red by a massive amount. Not only have they put money into a lot of bad investments, but it appears that John has a certain penchant that he forgot to mention. Or perhaps he thought that I wouldn't be able to put it together. He had gambling debts. Huge ones. Not normally a problem, but the stupid imbecile had used company money to lay his bets, which were now owed to a rather forbidding loan shark. I stared at both of them. Karen at least had the decency to look sheepish and dart her eyes away, but Dahlia's father, John, stared stoically ahead, clenching his jaw, in denial about his company or h
