“The state lab will certify the heavy metal findings by noon on December fourteenth,” Mark said.

“That gives us eighteen hours before the board meets,” I said.

“It gives us enough time to file an emergency court injunction and freeze the twelve-million-dollar contract,” Mark said.

“No,” I said.

“We’re not filing an injunction.”

Mark stopped tapping his pen and looked at me over his reading glasses.

“If you don’t stop that meeting, Garrett will put his proxy petition in front of Frank Doyle and the whole board,” Mark said.

“Let him put it in front of them,” I said.