“You recorded them,” I replied.

“There’s no need to debate what happened.”

I asked them to leave.

Brielle opened her mouth to argue, but then Adrian emerged to tell Silas a call was ready.

My father’s attention snapped toward him with the reflex of a businessman seeing a last chance.

“Please,” Warren said.

“If this is about Langford Textiles, we should talk.

We need a partner who understands our heritage.”