# THOMPSON-HAYES: BLOOD MONEY
## Chapter Twenty-Four — Victor Sloane's Second Move
The false document worked in forty-one hours.
Victor Sloane's representative contacted Lakewood Independent School District on a Tuesday morning — Dr. Carol Webb's district, the largest and most hesitant of the three Mia had called. The contact was professional and specific. Apex Learning Group, the representative explained, had recently become aware of financial instability concerns at Thompson-Hayes Education and wanted to ensure that Lakewood's students continued to have access to quality educational technology regardless of what happened with the current provider.
Dr. Webb called Mia before she called Sloane back.
"Someone just told me you're financially unstable," she said.
"That someone received
