The first held the separation agreement.

The second held a resolution of the board of Beckworth Urban Development, removing him as its chief executive — because, through a lattice of investment partnerships, Danforth Capital controlled sixty-four percent of his company.

Lucius stared at the pages.

“You can’t take my company.” “I’m not taking it,” Isadora said.

“You put it at risk yourself, every time you altered a report or moved a payment or signed a paper you knew was a lie.

I’m only the person who finally looked.” And for the first time all evening, Lucius Beckworth had no speech, no excuse, and no performance left in him.