Chapter 8 — Payroll by Friday

His phone rang in his pocket while he was still standing there holding the note.

It was his chief financial officer, and the man was not calm.

“Camden — the main credit lines just froze.

All of them.

The board got an automated legal filing from Greer’s people, a full breach-of-fiduciary-duty claim, and they’re halting the Altura Capital merger.

Effective now.

One and a half billion dollars, frozen.”