“The loan officers just need a secondary sign-off from every named shareholder in the trust.”

“Avery only holds fifteen percent,” Chloe said, not looking up from her screen.

“Why does her signature even matter for Brandon’s loan?”

“Because Walter’s corporate trust agreement requires unanimous consent for any lien on the company’s commercial real estate,” I said.

I looked straight at Victoria as I said the exact words Walter had made me read three times before my first deployment.

“Why did Walter leave me a passive fifteen percent share in Sterling Construction?” I asked Victoria.