All Chapters of UNDISCLOSED : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Monday, 9:47 A.M."and based on Q3 projections, we're looking at a fourteen percent return on the restructured portfolio, which puts us ahead of the Meridian benchmark by nearly two points."Nia kept her voice steady as she advanced to the next slide. The conference room at Calloway & West was exactly the kind of space that made clients feel like their money was in careful hands high ceilings, clean lines, a view of the West Loop that cost more per square foot than most people's monthly rent. She had given this particular presentation four times in the past two weeks, and she could have delivered it in her sleep, which was fortunate, because her phone had just lit up on the table in front of her with a news alert whose headline she had read and immediately stopped reading.She did not look at it again. She advanced the slide."The allocation strategy we're recommending accounts for three risk scenarios," she continued, moving to the left of the screen. "Conservative, which keeps the e

"Mr. Ashford." Pearce's assistant a young woman named Delia who had the permanently brisk energy of someone managing three schedules simultaneously stepped into the hallway outside the conference room and lowered her voice. "The Calloway & West team leads are already in the Meridian Room. They've been there since eight-fifteen."Darian checked his watch. Eight-twenty-two. "I'm aware.""Should I tell them you're running behind?""Tell them I'll be there in four minutes." He handed her the folder he had finished reviewing in the car. "And get me a room list for the full integration team by nine. Names, titles, current portfolio responsibilities.""I have it already." She produced a document from somewhere with the efficiency of someone who had anticipated the request before he made it. "Printed and flagged."He took it without breaking stride. "Good."He had been in Chicago for seventy-two hours. In that time he had reviewed the complete acquisition documentation twice, walked the offic