Chapter 12
Chapter 12: The Man Who Held the Paper
Daniel Cross arrives in Cambridge to personally oversee the preemptive filing, walking into the tense final hour before Michael Chen's visit. His conversation with Evelyn and Alex reveals hidden pressures and unexpected alliances, ending with a quiet moment that reshapes the stakes.
Daniel Cross had been a lawyer long enough to know that some conversations couldn't happen over the phone. The preemptive response was solid—he'd written half of it himself—but something about the way Evelyn had said "Michael Chen" on that call had made him book the next flight to Boston.
Now he stood in the doorway of her office, watching her stare at a laptop screen like it might bite her.
"You look like you're expecting a subpoena, not a meeting."
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