The filing arrived on a Tuesday.
Marco sent it to her phone at seven in the evening — she was in her Minneapolis hotel room reviewing the next day's meeting materials when the notification came through. She opened it and read it with the specific focused attention of someone who had learned to read legal documents quickly and accurately.
The filing was from a man named Derek Ashby. He had been a principal in one of the operations Luca was divesting — a commercial logistics business that had legitimate surface operations and less legitimate underlying ones. The divestment terms had been clear and the buyout figure had been fair. Ashby had agreed to the terms in December.
He had changed his mind in January.
The filing alleged breach of contract and sought an injunction preventing the div
