Chapter 69 Her Collapse

I understood the customer's perspective. A death in their new home rendered it uninhabitable. The villa, valued at tens of millions, was beyond the reach of Luke Jordan's fledgling company. A court case would ruin Prosperity Design, driving it to bankruptcy. The weight of it all was unbearable. This was an extension of the Henry Carter incident. Angie took her coffee and headed to the construction site. I went alone to Prosperity Design. The front desk was empty. My former office had spotless cubicles, save for the computers. The designers had clearly quit. I went to Angie's office. Her desk was cluttered as usual. I wandered until I reached Luke's office. I pressed my ear to the door and heard him on the phone, begging for money. His tone was humiliating. I felt deeply uneasy. Wasn't this my fault? I pulled out the card Cecilia gave me and knocked on the door. Luke panicked when he saw me. He looked terrible, with deep dark circles. He forced a weak smile. "Junior, what brings you her