Elliot’s customer-service mask slipped a little.
“Look,” he said, voice dropping. “I’ve already spoken with the mayor. The permits are moving.
We’re breaking ground. This is happening with or without you.”
My stomach knotted.
“You can’t just take a man’s home,” I said.
My hand was shaking on the doorframe.
“I can,” he said calmly. “And I will.”
