I called Zachary directly. “Mr. Big Shot Parker.”

He paused for a second, then grinned. “You must need something. Otherwise, you’d just call me ‘hey.’ So, what is it?”

“I want to push Blue Knight’s stock price back up to where it was before the incident. You have a way.” I didn’t phrase it as a question.

Zachary was momentarily stunned, then chuckled. “I do have a way. But I don’t feel like using it.”

“Why?” ...