Address the transaction, Patrick.”

I had practiced that sentence with counsel.

I was grateful for it now.

The lender’s attorney introduced the parties on our side and confirmed my limited authority as its representative.

She did not present me as the personal owner of assets that had not yet been transferred.

Then she put the notice on the record.

I read the portion I was authorized to read.

“Material information supplied in connection with the fifty-million-dollar facility is contradicted by authenticated records.