Page 41 (2/2)

Only so dire would ”

“I just digested our first-quarter financials Shane is either insane, an addict with no i to end the co He’s withdrawing every bit of profit, along with nearly half of our end-of-year budgets and capital funding for his personal use He bought a yacht He fired Karly and replaced her with a stripper named Destiny—I can’t believe I have to admit that—and doubled her salary”

Holy shit From an impartial perspective, Shane is so dumb it’s almost comical But I hear the crack in Sloan’s voice, and I want to soothe her

On the other hand, she divulged the fragility of their business to me I’m surprised She must know I could virtually destroy them with this information And normally, I wouldn’t hesitate, but… “I’m sorry he’s such an irresponsible douche You’ve worked your ass off and you deserve better”

“I don’t care what you think, Sebastian I just want you to fix it”

“Me?” Is she kidding?

“Yeah I reached out to Bruce Rawson—”

“You mean your father?”

“As a e that fact, he’s merely the founder and CEO of the company I work for So I sent him a list of the expenses Shane has approved and the ways in which he’s spending the funds”

“Is he firing Shane?”

“No” And she’s not happy “Instead, he authorized me to oversee Jeremy so he can ‘take control of the coain’”

The Jerenito “You think I’ to save Reservoir?”

“Yes Let’s be honest; the real Jeremy McBride isn’t equipped for a job this in-depth”

He’s not He’s great at what he does He’s got a reputation for analysis, redundant cost-cutting, efficient autos He doesn’t have experience in financially raising an organization from the dead Sloan doesn’t, either

Since she would rather gnaw her hand off than call s First, Reservoir is likely a quarter or less away fro her Daddy’s affection isher heart from me