"Day Four," she said. "Ask the Hacker what she has been hiding from VeilWard's board for eleven years."
"Yes."
"Sit down."
He sat on the couch.
She sat in the desk chair, turned it to face him, and did not cross her legs.
"VeilWard Media Holdings is publicly owned. Twelve seats on the board. I hold three. My mother held two before she died. The seven seats I do not hold are held by people I have been quietly outbidding on every executive vote that has come through the table for eleven years. I have not won the votes. I have made the votes expensive."
"Why."
