Chapter Nine

GAVIN

I was halfway through reviewing the damn Sutton report—again—when I realized I needed the Ridgemont file from last week. The updated projections weren’t in my inbox, which meant one of two things: Lara hadn’t sent them yet, or my email was playing games with my patience again.

Either way, it required intervention at the earliest.

I hit the intercom button on my desk. “Lara.”

Silence. I pres