TWENTY-NINE
Xan answered her phone without looking at the caller. "Xan Lane."
Jay sounded surprisingly alert for such an early hour of the morning. Maybe he hadn't made it to bed yet. "I got the contracts. I only took a quick look, but even I can see it looks like a pretty s**t deal for the resort. And there's a bit I really don't like, either. Something about how if the resort isn't making a certain profit margin in any year during the first decade they own it, they can insist on a refund of their purchase price, plus maintenance costs. She wants to stick her mining staff here, so the place won't make a cent in profit. It's basically an agreement to give it to her rent-free for next to nothing for a decade, then get her money back. Or she could sell the place to someone else and make he
