Clara listened carefully, asked questions, and instructed counsel to request the full proposed transaction documents.

She would not sign page forty in isolation.

She would not lend $50,000 to a business that would not give her honest accounts.

I was proud of her, but pride was not what she needed most.

She needed somebody willing to stay quiet while she spoke for herself.

On the way home, she said, “I wish I’d asked for statements sooner.”

“They should have given them to you.”