I stayed in the conference room with Adrian until the city outside went from afternoon to
early evening and the light through the window changed to that particular flat gold that
New York does in late autumn, low and brief and gone before you fully notice it.
We didn’t talk much more. We didn’t need to. Some things, once they have been said
clearly and received honestly, don’t require additional words to sit inside. We just stayed
in the room with the laptop closed and the city moving outside and two cups of coffee
that had been cold for an hour, and it was enough.
I did not tell Lucas about the fund until the following day.
Not because I was keeping it from him. Just because some things need a night to settle
before they become a story you can tell clearly. By the following eveni
