“Our son was born forty minutes ago, Thomas.

The grace period is over.”

Chapter 9 — The Grace Period Is Over

Thomas stumbled backward until his shoulders hit the wall.

“Julian, please.

Vance Development is my life’s work.

If you pull Mercer Capital’s funding and submit those audit reports, Caleb will face federal indictment, and the entire firm will be liquidated.”

“Then I suggest,” Julian replied coldly, “that you tell Caleb to hire a very good defense team.”