“It has three army cots, running water, and a working electric heater.”

Brenda leaned over the oak table, tapping her glasses against her clipboard as she checked the numbers against her laptop screen.

“Arthur Vance signed sixty percent of our sub-tier framing contracts for the spring build,” Brenda said.

“If you push him over Martha Miller’s missing pay, he’ll file a breach-of-contract suit against Whitmore Construction before the week is out.”

“He altered hours on my build and faked crew wage deductions, Brenda.”

“If he pulls his framing crews on Monday, we miss our building enclosure deadline and trigger a twenty-two-thousand-dollar penalty clause,” Brenda said, her voice direct and insistent.