CHAPTER 135
Author: Universeleap
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At the Quinn family manor, the emergency meeting in the grand study had devolved into barely controlled panic. Quinn Senior, the elderly patriarch, sat behind his massive oak desk with his face ashen and his hands trembling as he gripped his phone. Harold Quinn and Richard Quinn, his two sons, paced the Persian rug like caged wolves, their expensive suits wrinkled from stress and perspiration.

"This is a disaster," Quinn Senior wheezed, his voice cracking with age and terror. "If Phillip Fisher feels insulted or humiliated in our city, he could destroy everything we've built!"

Harold Quinn stopped pacing and slammed his fist on the desk. "How could Fiona be so reckless? Doesn't she understand what's at stake here?"

"The Fisher family controls half the shipping industry on the east coast," Richard Quinn added, wiping sweat from his brow. "One word from them, and our business partners will abandon us like rats fleeing a sinking ship."

Quinn Senior struggled to his feet, his arthritic jo
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