“Did Alejandro accept the cash waiver?”

“He turned down your offer to settle the private debts without going public,” Samuel said, clearing his throat softly before giving the numbers.

“He spent six hundred thousand pesos of the equity in the Zapopan house this morning to secure an emergency sixty-day credit line at twelve percent interest.”

“He’s mortgaging his mother’s home to keep his company afloat for two weeks,” I said.

“He thinks you’re bluffing,” Samuel said.