She Took Me to the Hallway to Explain My “Place”

had already approached my foundation directly, without telling Eleanor, because they knew where decisions actually got made when a project needed to live.

I opened my eyes.

“David, stay by your computer.”

“Already there.”

I hung up.

No one spoke.

Then Martin said, carefully, “Isabella, I should explain. The board pursued several avenues in parallel. We didn’t continue reading …