Chapter 5 - Margaret Discovers A Terrifying Gap In Finances
The following morning at 7:00 AM, Margaret sat at her antique mahogany desk with a cup of black coffee and her tablet.
She opened the corporate ledger for Harrington Development’s upcoming commercial real estate project in downtown Chicago.
Her eyes scanned the primary funding source listed under account code nine-hundred-fourteen.
The screen flashed a chilling red error message: Account frozen pending structural audit.
Margaret frowned, tapping the refresh icon with a manicured fingernail, but the error message remained stubbornly in place.
She picked up her landline phone and dialed the direct line to the chief financial officer of Harrington Development.
“David, what is this glitch on account nine-hundred-fourteen?” Margaret demanded the moment the line connected.
“Mrs. Harrington... I was just about to call you,” David’s voice trembled through the speaker.
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“Explain yourself immediately,” Margaret snapped, her patience wearing thin.
“Our primary institutional backer just pulled fifty million dollars in capital without prior warning,” David confessed in a panic.
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