#Chapter 114: We have to be patient

Fiona Gerald was very nervous. That was not normal. Usually my colleague was calm and confident. He’d been working for Crescent Ventures for over a decade, up on the eighty-ninth floor for nearly half of that tenure, and seemed very much at home here. “Hey, Fiona,” he said, gritting his teeth. “I’ve, uh… got some bad news. Okay if I come in?” “Of course. Please, have a seat.” I was very grateful I’d had time to empty my wastebin and freshen up in the restroom before he arrived at my door. “What’s going on?” He sat down in my visitor’s chair, sighing as he went. He didn’t wait till I was seated across the desk before he leapt right in. “I was just on the phone with the development company. We’re looking at a big delay with the build sites.” “Okay. What kind of delay?” Gerald shook his head, frowning. “The short story? Aftermath from what happened with their rival…” He meant, of course, the scandal with Scarlet’s real estate firm. A company that no longer existed. “A couple