FIFTY
Jo's face appeared on the projector screen on the meeting room wall. Xan breathed a sigh of relief. She'd never been that good at video calls, and the internet connection out here was patchy at best, especially in the wet season. Keeping her eyes on the screen stopped her from staring at the odd couple across the table, too – Jay Felix in nothing but a pair of low-slung board shorts, sitting beside the sweet girl he'd somehow bullied into becoming his wife. Why he wanted her in this meeting, she didn't know. Perhaps the girl would run away if he was out of sight.
Xan resolved to get the girl alone for a moment, to ask her if everything was all right.
"So, let's get the financials dealt with first," Jo said. "Jason, are you ready to sign off on the half-yearly report?"
"You mean
