you to a meeting on Friday.”
“What meeting?”
“The one concerning your research funding.”
His voice changed instantly.
“What could you possibly have to do with my funding?”
I smiled.
“Show up and you’ll find out.”
Daniel entered Northstar Biomedical’s conference room Friday morning looking every bit as confident as he had at the airport.
Vanessa came with him.
Marcus was already seated.
Two attorneys sat nearby.
A forensic accountant stood beside a presentation screen.
Then Daniel saw me.
I was sitting at the head of the table.
He stopped walking.
“What are you doing here?”
I gestured toward the chair opposite me.
“Sit.”
Instead, he turned toward Marcus.
“Why is Emily in this meeting?”
Marcus looked at him calmly.
“Because Emily founded Northstar Biomedical.”
Daniel didn’t move.
Vanessa whispered,
“What?”
I pushed a corporate ownership record across the table.
“Seventy-two percent.”
Daniel picked it up.
His face changed.
“No.”
