Sam closed his briefcase and looked at me.

“If these documents are what they appear to be, we are not going to a settlement meeting tomorrow to negotiate a divorce.” “Then what are we doing?” “We are going,” he said, “to show them the ruin that is waiting for them.”

Chapter 12 — The Settlement Meeting

Derek walked into Sam’s office at ten sharp the next morning in a sharp navy suit and polished shoes, wearing the smile of a man certain he was about to win.

He had made two mistakes before he even sat down.