We spend the next two days assembling everything into something that can actually survive scrutiny, working out of Talia's apartment because the Exchange itself no longer feels safe for this kind of preparation.
"Walk me through the structure again," Renn says, propped up on Talia's couch, well enough now to contribute even if fieldwork remains off-limits. "I want to make sure I understand it clearly enough to help present it, if that's still part of the plan."
"Five firms," I say, spreading the documents across the coffee table. "Vantage, Sterling Cove, Fairhaven, and two others Yusuf identified through the shell structures. Coordinated territory division, shared scoring criteria, and now direct audio confirmation of quarterly allocation meetings."
"Plus the charity pipeline," Mira add
