Funding a business is not the same as owning all of it.

We will look at the rights the agreements actually give you.”

He gathered a draft page I had brought and set it apart.

“This copy has an empty signature line.

We will rely on the signed closing set, not an unfinished version you happened to keep.”

I nodded.

I had wanted certainty quickly enough that I might have accepted the wrong page if he had let me.

Howard put the verified copies into a blue folder with a brass clasp.