Things were far from being under control. Once they made sure that Delclaux wouldn’t be going anywhere other than his own house, the discussion among the Board members continued. The to-do list had grown even longer. For God’s sake, it was always adding things up, never subtracting them. He needed to reach an agreement—what to do and where to start.

To be honest, Francis’s proposal had caught him off guard, dulling the edge of the anger and sense of betrayal still weighing on him. Still, he had