ARTHUR
“If we take this risk with the market, this company either rises back again, or drops off the market for life.” A director amongst my board of directors said, chancing a look at every one of us as he made the point.
Everyone on the table looked worried. I wasn’t unaffected as well. I sat there, rocking in my chair as I watched them throw in their opinions. My mind swung back and forth from last night to this moment. I couldn’t get the image of Evelyn leaving the club with Gillian Mayers off my head… and what they might have done together.
My fists clenched under the table.
Amid a very chaotic discussion and my scattered thoughts, the door to the conference room swung open, and everyone’s gaze turned to it at once.
I turned too. My sister stood tall on the other side.
“Hello,
