“The house doesn’t belong to you anymore, Garrick,” I said.

Ethan set a thick, leather-bound report in the center of the table.

“As of nine o’clock this morning,” he told the board, “Vanguard Capital has recalled the fourteen-million-dollar credit line keeping Thorne Logistics solvent.

We’ve also delivered forensic evidence to the federal compliance committee — grand larceny, document forgery, and asset embezzlement. That was Garrick’s work, not ours.

We’re only the ones who found it.”

The color drained from Garrick’s face. “This is a lie. You can’t recall the credit line without a board vote.”