“Of course.” He paused. “Renee said you needed something?”
“Right.” I shook Knight from my head. “I need everything else on my schedule cleared for the day. The Crescent Towers project is my main priority. My only priority until we can get the votes we need.”
“Okay. What else?” he asked. His head was buried in his phone, taking notes. It was possible he had already re-ordered the day for me.
Crew had been with me for three years. I had trained twenty assistants before finally landing on him. He was a fast learner. He didn’t try to weigh me down with personal conversations. He had been reliable and trustworthy since the day I hired him.
“I’ll let you know.”
He turned to leave.
“Crew?”
“Hmm?” He stopped in the doorway.
“See what you can find out about Knight Corban’s tech investments. I need everything you can dig up on it.”
“Excuse me?” It wasn’t often he didn’t understand my instructions.
“He has new money. Money he’s using to fund the PAC. Renee told me you are up to speed on this.”
“I am. I know all the players.” His voice was clipped with defiance. I wondered if I’d ever seen him this short and edgy before.
“Good. I didn’t want to have to bring in someone else. It should be easy for you to tell me everything about the tech. I want to know all of it.” Whatever Knight was capitalizing on with the tech, I was going to strip it down to its bare bones and render it useless. I would find a way to cut off his funding.
“Got it.” I sensed uneasiness on his part or maybe it was the exhaustion from working nearly twenty-four hours straight.
“Are you okay?”
He nodded. “I’m good. Going to get a coffee refill now. I’ll be back with the information before the end of the day.”
The door closed and I felt the heaviness of the quiet room. I wanted to pull my staff back inside. I wanted incessant chatter and constant questions. I needed the distraction. I needed to be steered on course and drawn out of the darkest parts of the ocean. Right now, all I felt was the murky water squeezing the air from my lungs. I had to sit. I gripped the side of my desk before I stumbled. Shit. I had let Knight in, and I had to find a way to shut him back out before I drowned in my mistakes.