“Listen.

The men at the yard are worried, but everybody knows the company is yours.

Nobody’s going to take orders from strangers just because they show up with expensive shoes.”

“It’s not that simple,” I said.

“We’ve got payroll, contracts, bank access.

If they have forged paperwork—”

“Then we find somebody who knows how to deal with forged paperwork.”

I smiled for the first time since the wedding.