Terms of Surrender

Raina

I read the article at six forty-five AM, standing in my kitchen in my robe.

I read it once. Then I put my phone face down on the counter and stood very still for thirty seconds.

Then I called Jess.

She answered immediately. "I've read it."

"Board meeting," I said. "Nine AM. Everyone."

"Already sending the invites," she said.

I hung up and went to get dressed.

The board meeting ran forty minu