She pulled a heavy canvas-bound binder from the rack and carried it back to the counter.

“Holloway Holdings, Incorporated,” Mrs.

Gable said, laying the binder flat on the wide oak counter.

“Filing date November twelfth.”

Caroline turned the heavy cream pages until she reached the founding articles of incorporation.

The document listed three hundred thousand authorized shares of common voting stock.

Grant Holloway was recorded as the sole incorporator, sole director, and owner of one hundred percent of all issued corporate shares.

The capital contribution was listed as a thirty-five-hundred-dollar cash deposit paid at filing.