tor and onto the forty-eighth fl

m Ford suit. Her heels clicked aga

re here was

multi-line phones and the aggressive, rapid-fire clackin

nager with tired eyes, met

ntern badge on a blue lanyard. It had

Naomi said,

ay cubicles. Junior analysts were screamin

massive glass-walled executi

lison. "The Executive Vice President of Investments is Godwin

the heavy glass do

n walk

staring intensely at six different Bloomberg terminal scre

y turned

son from head to toe. He was evaluating

his hand. He d

to-equity ratio, how does a sudden two percent interest rate hike impact their

flinch. She too

financial modeling drills s

ally perfect breakdown of the cash f

, almost invisible flicker of g

dded

a massive stack of thick bind

rger," Wheeler said. "I want the risk summaries

stack of binders, and carried them to a

started working a

lurred

expensive salads. Allison stayed at her desk, her eyes burning as she star

ked out of his office ho

ped by

umbia?" Wheeler asked casual

er screen. "I just registered for the Advanced Finan

t out a lo

w just started teaching there. He has a terrib

She completely failed to connect the dots be

, Naomi ru

ot moved up," Naomi said. "Get

pad and hurried into the

Judd's top loyalist, a sweaty man named Pete

er to verify a highly complex depreciation metri

't even open

ointed out a massive, hidden calculation error in Peter

went de

id a smirk behind his hand. He was extremely

ctory was

cutives argued in circles o

e back of her neck. She glanced frantical

s 1:4

class that failed you for one a

bled the final line of the me

the meeting to a close, Al

onal decorum and stepped q

igated around groups of investment bankers. Despite her efforts to avoid collisions,

nd against the ele

threw herself inside and punch

lummeted to th

ison sprinted out into t

Her boots skidded against the polishe