# THOMPSON-HAYES: THE INSIDE OUT
## Chapter Thirty-Seven — Thompson-Hayes Stands
The June board meeting was on a Thursday.
Mia had prepared for it the same way she prepared for the Senate testimony — by writing the opening remarks herself, by letting Diana review them once, and then by putting them away and trusting what she knew.
The boardroom on West Fifth. Eight board members, two Horizon partners, Susan Park as chair. The May morning light was doing the specific thing it did through the fourth-floor windows — direct, warm, the kind of light that made a room feel like the season had opinions about it.
She stood at the front of the room.
She presented.
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