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THE TWENTY-EIGHTH OF OCTOBER, 2017, Houston, Texas, an atmosphere of frustration in the conference room; they’d squandered most of Saturday morning talking about the ownership issue. It was almost noon when Gerald finally told Lyn that he would tell Global Trading not to buy the properties without ownership promises from ERIS. She had to work hard not to say what she thought. He didn’t know what the f**k he was doing. She wanted to tell him again that he could hire an army of landmen and title attorneys to check the ownership, which should’ve already been done. If she was a man wearing a bowtie, with Ivy League credentials and a New York office, he might listen to her. She was only a Texas woman. He hadn’t hidden his hubris.
“Look, you may not believe me, but you’re taking a risk that
