“Do you have any idea what you’ve done?

The bank has frozen our entire operational liquidity!

You moved your equity to a third-party entity overnight!” His breath came in ragged bursts.

“Tell me what you want.

Take the island house.

Take the cars.

Take twenty million in cash — but lift this freeze, right now, so we can talk like adults.”

“You still don’t understand what’s happening,” I said quietly.