"Well it still can't be that much," she said crinkling her brows "I mean it's not like your law firm is a huge building or anything."
I couldn't tell if she was being deliberately obtuse or if she was really this intelligent. Karen at least looked concerned. "It's a lot of money Charlotte," I said "While I've been lucky to make a substantial profit, If I want to own the building and the firm in full, it's going to cost me almost everything I own."
Silence. Charlotte looked at me incredulously. "You have to be joking," she said "How could you not have taken care of this before?" she asked.
"I guess I just didn't anticipate the investor wanting to pull out. I thought they would be happy to maintain shares and a percentage of the firm" I said swallowing hard.
"Well, can you reason with
