“If the project freeze stays in place, we run out of cash in exactly ten days.”

Nathaniel looked at the numbers in Brenda’s clean handwriting.

“If we miss payroll on the fifteenth, the crew will walk over to other contractors.”

“And Arthur wins the site annexation by default,” Brenda said.

“He knows our cash reserves better than we do.”

Nathaniel rubbed his right wrist where the watch sat loose against his arm.

“We can’t lay off our core staff over a fraudulent contract claim.”

“Then you’d better find a way to break that injunction before the deadline,” Brenda said.