Chapter 209 The Idea

• POV: Riley
• The clock on the boardroom wall reads four o'clock. Printouts, financial reports, and board member profiles cover the long glass table in front of us. Three paper cups of coffee sit on my right, completely cold and untouched.
• Brett sits beside me, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, his tie tossed onto a chair behind him. He leans over a spread of financial charts, a pen balanced between his fingers.