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THE SAME DAY, THE FOURTH of November, 2017, the offices of Stewart Baines, Houston, the negotiations ended in the late afternoon and the agreement was signed. At noon, Lyn had sent a text to Jay that she planned to see him Sunday. Now six hours later, and no response. She texted again that the deal was signed. Where was he? She’d pictured him at the airport, boarding the flight to Austin, then three hours in the air and driving to San Saba, which she’d found on her maps app during one of the late-night breaks. And then it occurred to her that he’d not said he was flying. She sighed. Did that old cowboy have to drive his truck all the way to Texas?
An older man from Global Trading, the vice chair, had kept Gerald in line. Or they would still be arguing. He told her during one break th
