How long?" Marcus asked.
"Two weeks," Catherine said. "Maybe three. Then we'll have to file Chapter 11. Liquidate assets. Let people go. Everything we built for forty years, gone."
"And the house?" Marcus asked. "Your personal assets?"
"All leveraged against the company," Richard said. "We'll lose everything. The house, the cars, the investments. We'll be lucky to walk away with anything at all."
They sat in silence as the car drove through Manhattan. Marcus looked out the window at the glittering city, thinking about his conversation with Damien. About the deal he'd made. About the debt he now owed.
"I met with Damien," Marcus said finally.
Both Catherine and Richard went rigid.
"What happened?" Catherine asked. "What did he say?"
"He's backing off. Modifying the contract. Removin
