Park's Answer
AMARA' S POV
Park calls on Wednesday at four PM.
I'm at my desk alone. The floor is quiet. I pick up on the second ring.
"Ms. Delacroix. I've read everything you left me."
"And?"
A pause. The specific pause of a man who has made up his mind and is deciding how much of himself to put in the delivery.
"Harlan told me the employment guarantees were eighteen months. Your documents say thirty-six."
"They do."
"He told me the equity conversion was punitive."
"Twelve percent premium. I showed you the calculation."
"Yes. Another pause. Longer. I've known Harlan Cole for eleven years. He's been good to me. I don't enjoy finding out that loyalty was being used as a tool."
"I understand."
"I'm going to vote to approve the acquisition, he says. Two conditions. Employment gua
