Chapter 66: Never Seen Anyone This Brazen

"Rest easy, sir. I, Emerson Abbott, will not be taking part in this auction." The speaker was Emerson Abbott, a finance shark two rungs above Luke Perry, even by Luke's own reckoning. He looked a shade over forty, with a bookish, genteel face and gold-rimmed glasses. Sharp eyes gleamed behind the lenses. He was tall and lean in a flawlessly tailored gray suit. For once, the cool mask on Evan Gates's face softened. He had always had a soft spot for people who knew when to listen. The room went...