Gordon didn’t answer right away.

He lined up the corners of the folder with the edge of his desk.

“That’s why I made that call last night.”

“Calling who?” I asked.

“To a clerk who owes me a favor.” Gordon got to his feet.

“We need to head to the courthouse.”

Gordon opened a second folder.

“Julian’s lawyer is also going to claim the corporate freeze was payback for the emergency motion.