The buyer's offer came in three weeks later.
It was lower than Wren had hoped and high enough to repay $91,000 of the company loan after fees. The rest would remain unsecured. Wren accepted. The sale would close at the end of the following month.
By then, one of our fall clients had canceled, and two more had moved their events to other venues. We had kept every wedding on the calendar through August. We had lost enough future bookings that I couldn't pretend the company would be the same after the sale.
Caleb and I met with Dana and our accountant to discuss the terms of our separation from Bell & Hart. Caleb wanted to stay. I wanted to buy him out, but I couldn't afford his half at a value that ignored the financial harm. We settled on a smaller amount, paid over three years, with any
