“Yes.”

His expression sharpened.

“What exactly do you do there?”

Before I answered, Douglas said:

“Nora chairs our regulatory and transaction-risk committee.”

Silence.

PART 11 — MY CAREER WAS STILL BORING

I almost laughed at Gavin’s face.

Not because I wanted humiliation.

Because after years of mocking my work, he still seemed unable to imagine compliance existing anywhere near power.