“Look, I just need to talk to Peter. He will want to see me,” Justin half pleaded, clutching a massive roll of plans.

“Mr. Zavod,” enunciated Leo, Zavod’s personal secretary, “does not receive unannounced appointments.”

“I’ll wait,” said Justin. He flopped down in a stylish but uncomfortable chair in the threshold of Zavod’s office.

Justin waited for over an hour until Peter Zavod poked his head out his massive office doors. Whatever he meant to say to Leo was forgotten upon seeing Justin.

Justin said, “Sir, we need to stop construction.”

“Why?”

“You’re being lied to.”

Zavod said, “Come in.”

Chapter 10

Chapter 12