“He told me not to come.”
“I know.”
“Did you know about the booklet?”
Silence.
Then she said, “I knew he was using your company name. I thought you had agreed.”
That hurt more than I expected.
Dad finally called from his own phone.
“Hannah, listen to me. Nothing has closed yet. You can fix this by showing up, shaking a few hands, and saying we’re discussing an investment.”
“We aren’t.”
“You have one hundred eighteen million dollars.”
“No. My company has a distribution partnership valued at that amount. That
