"I was on the phone with them earlier this morning," Ruby said evenly, hands resting on the table. "I told them they either come down on the interest rate, or we take our business elsewhere. Hopia."
"In Hopia?" Mia scoffed. "That's ridiculous."
"Yes, Hopia," Ruby replied calmly. "Their rates are discounted by thirty percent." She tapped the screen. "If we lock that in for four years, we reduce company debt by roughly eighteen million dollars."
The room went quiet. "And since this board has successfully driven the company into the ground," Ruby continued, unfazed, "we'll be aggressive. Cut expenses and unnecessary expenditures by thirty-four percent for four years."
She looked around the table. "That puts Byron Corporation completely debt-free in five."
Someone swallowed hard. "That leaves the lawsuit," Ruby went on. "I've already started reviewing it." She closed the file.
