Chapter 29. Maine’s Signature Date (1)

[2020, August 4th]

[Phone call: Kate and Nathan]

Kate: Madz is bringing me in. About bloody time too. The situation has gotten out of hand. Her retiring seat holders—

Nathan: Are actually MIA. All but one. I know.

Kate: They’re more than missing, Nate. I confirmed three of the four kills myself this morning. It’s likely that the fourth bit the bullet too, awaiting confirmation. I don’t have to tell you what happens if we can’t bring Calvin Hunter in.

Nathan: She’s not a killer, Katie. Her world is Maine Industries. The woman literally does nothing else. I don’t even think she knows what it means to be CEO of Maine Industries. Emily doesn’t know it will make her a seat holder, never mind—

Kate: Did you read her file?

Nathan: Don’t patronize me, Kate.

Kate: If you did, then you know the woman almost single-handedly handed James Condor an army literally overnight, which ended up making the cast out duke a crown prince and took half of her