At seven o'clock sharp, the Royal Grand Hotel. To resolve the loan situation, Quinn Sutton had personally booked a private banquet table and was now waiting with visible anxiety for the key figure to arrive. Other Sutton Family relatives had caught wind of the matter too, and they were clustered around Bob Lewis, faces slick with flattery. "Bob, you really are something else. You actually know Bank President Swanson from Dragon Rise Bank? That's a genuine heavyweight in River City!" "Exactly! That's what you get from someone with real family connections. The network, the ability, it's just different." "Bob, I've got a nephew who just graduated from finance. Think you could put in a word with Bank President Swanson, maybe get him a position there?" "I've only had some professional dea

