Damon stood slowly. “Then my work is going to learn it isn’t the boss of me.”

Chapter 6 — The Meeting

He drove into downtown Denver through thickening snow. At 11:34 p.m., Damon entered a conference room where Nora Beck, six board members, three attorneys, and the Merritt acquisition team waited.

The contract lay at his seat. Nora pushed it toward him.

“Sign first. Deal with the family situation tomorrow.”

Damon remained standing. “Did you leak the airport photograph?”

Nora’s expression didn’t change. “The press would have discovered it.”