Nadia had prepared for difficult questions about her consulting fee. She hadn't expected Peter Mercer to ask whether she could guarantee that Halcyon Components would save enough money to cover it.
They were seated in the same conference room where she'd met the siblings three days earlier. Her proposal lay open between them, accompanied by a revised schedule Leah had prepared.
"You're asking us to spend fifteen thousand dollars identifying problems we already know we have," Peter said. "I'd like some assurance that we'll get more than another list of concerns."
"That's reasonable," Nadia replied. "But I can't guarantee savings before examining the information needed to determine whether those savings are achievable."
He leaned back.
"Then what exactly are we buying?"
"A clearer unde
