Peckham
The filing went live at nine AM Friday. Greer sent the confirmation at nine oh four. I read it at my desk, forwarded it to Lucian’s screen, and watched the frosted glass door for thirty seconds. Nothing moved. Then his voice, through the open door — low, controlled, on the phone. Three calls in twenty minutes. The board. The press office. Someone I didn’t recognise whose name he didn’t say. By ten the story was running. The Financial Times had it first. Half a page, digital edition, with the full counterclaim structure laid out in the particular language of financial journalism — precise, bloodless, devastating. Harrow Capital. Meridian Eleven. Irina Vasek, named, sourced, undeniable. Marcus Webb’s response came at ten forty-seven. A single paragraph through his lawyers. Calder Group
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