Minute by minute, Elena's coffee went from steaming hot to stone-cold. She ran a finger around the now-chilled cup, her eyes fixed on the Hall Group building across the street. The longer she waited, the more intense the standoff between Dylan, the Hall family, and the shareholders seemed to be getting. Elena wasn't worried about the outcome. Even if the Hall family was willing to sacrifice some profit, she didn't believe the shareholders would be so quick to jeopardize their earnings. They had no personal loyalty to Angelina. Who held the shares was irrelevant to them—the bottom line was their dividends. Today, the shareholders' support for Bigail and Dylan was likely just for show, to keep up appearances. But when their wallets were on the line, Elena doubted any of them would will

