With Brooke still on his mind, Penn traveled into corporate headquarters to meet with the board. Marsha met him at the door to his office.

“You only have a few minutes before the meeting. Do you need coffee?”

“Is there some in the room?”

“And donuts and bagels,” she said.

He smiled at her as he pulled his laptop out of its case. He didn’t have a presentation for the board because he hadn’t gone through all parts of the company yet. He still had to ...