was in the glass-walled c

ion was ca

rt. "The FDA Phase 1 trial data was corrupted. We hav

t the financial

ce steady. "We have cash for two weeks of ope

nged on the data hidden within its servers. Without it, she couldn'

enture capitalists. Angel investors. Ev

Fitzpatrick is here again. He s

her temples.

e was wearing a black suit, but his eye

t of his jacket pocket. He wrote a check, tor

vestment. It's enough to cover the tria

. The zeros swam before he

orward, his han

over. I'll fund the company. You

it again. Transactional affection

r finger on the check and s

not accept char

eing emotional. Without this money,

funding," Flavi

. "No one on Wall Street will touc

d. "Please leave my confere

long moment. He snatched th

d up her phone. She dialed a number she

er end owed her a favor from a forensic audit she had done under a

ee million. High interest, convertible note. But using this line wil

technical financial jargon that

d. "Wire is initiatin

her chair, exhaling a breath she fel

need him. But now, her ene

p at the office window. He felt a profound sense of defea

g. It was the

l arrangements need to be finalize

y of his grandfather's death crash