from outside my building.
“I know everything,” he said. “Tomorrow I’ll fire her.”
“Tomorrow is the federal hearing.”
“If you come back, I will cancel the wedding.”
“Will you admit executive negligence?”
“We need to proceed carefully.”
“Will you publicly recall every unit?”
“First, you need to return.”
I hung up.
The hearing began at nine the next morning.
Grant sat at the head of Meridian’s boardroom.
Vanessa sat on his right.
And between them lay the evidence that would destroy them both.
PART 5 — THE HEARING
Meridian presented its
