Phoebe is not a woman who shows much; it is part of what makes her extraordinary at her work.

But something had gone hard and cold and very still in her expression.

“They broke your leg,” she said, “over company shares.”

“They broke my leg,” I said, “because they believe the shares are the only thing protecting them.

They think if they take my forty percent, they take my power.

They think the shares are the foundation.”