Chapter 9: Walking Away From the Money

Renata Okafor, to her credit, didn't hang up when Nora laid out the problem. She listened, asked sharp questions, and said she'd take it back to the group — but the counteroffer that came back three days later softened the language without actually removing it, dressing the same control up in gentler words, the kind of move Nora recognized immediately because she'd watched Colin Ashford make it a...