He Let Our Baby Die Over a Hospital Bill novel · Chapter 27 of 32
Chapter 27: Even
The board chair didn't hurry.
She walked to the stairs at the side of the stage and climbed them one at a time, with her hand on the rail.
A stagehand put a microphone in her hand.
Holden turned to her, smiling.
"Our chair's going to say a few words about governance," he said to the crowd.
"Holden," she said. "Stop talking."
It went out of every speaker.
He stopped.
She faced the hall.
"I chair this company's board," she said. "Our listing is scheduled for next Thursday. On behalf of the board, it's paused. Effective now. Until we've read every one of those tickets."
The front rows erupted.
Not applause. Noise. Men in dark suits standing up with their phones to their ears.
The first of them were already moving up the aisles toward the doors.
"And Mr. Keefe will step away from this stage," she said. "Now."
Holden didn't step away.
He took his phone out of his pocket and held it up, the way he'd held it out at city hall.
"I think everybody deserves the full picture," he said. "Since we're being transparent."
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