Second Ledger's second location opens on a bright spring morning in Denver, ribbon-cutting ceremony drawing considerably more attention than any of us initially expected.
I stand beside Renn, watching him prepare his opening remarks, pride swelling as I recognize how far he's traveled from the nervous rookie broker who once begged me to check his contract paperwork during our very first week together.
"Nervous?" I ask.
"Terrified," he admits, laughing despite himself. "Somehow public speaking feels more intimidating than confronting Calloway's people outside Mira's apartment ever did."
"You'll be great," I say. "You always are, when it actually matters."
Talia joins us, having flown out specifically for today's opening despite her increasingly demanding advisory role with Reyes's now-
