Chapter 24

• It had been two days since the accident at the warehouse, and the Pattersons were furious—very furious. The news about the arson on the warehouse had spread quickly–too quickly, and they had demanded an emergency board meeting.
• The conference room was suffocating; the huge walls and high ceilings seemed to enclose on some board members making them claustrophobic.
• The tension was so strong that it could be chopped with a knife. The deafening silence only heightened the possible danger looming in the air. The cold air did nothing to deter from the perspiration on people's foreheads