-- 0- 0 0 / - --"<br > fortable at the helm of a multitiered conglomerate like<br > Tyler Media . . . and its subsidiary， as it turned out， SB I"<br > Realt):<br > But Catherine wasn t impressed. She was outraged.<br > How dare he pretend not to know why she was here?<br > How far was he expecting her credulity to stretch?<br > Her hands shaking， she placed her briefcase on her<br > lap and extracted a copy of the loan agreement between<br > SBT Realty and The Indigo Island Resort and Spa. She<br > set it on his desk with slightly more fbrce than necessary.<br > Beau picked up the contract and read only the first<br > few lines before laying it down again. "Okay，" he said<br > carefully. "This is a loan agree--"<br > "Exactly，" Catherine interrupted him. "I gave it to<br > you to refresh your memory. So now that we ve accom-<br > plished that， we can get down to business. I m afraid I m<br > neglecting important matters at the resort， and I d like to<br > return at the earliest opportunity."<br > Beau s smile was tight， though he maintained his cor-<br > dial tone. "Certainly." Once again he pressed the inter-<br > com button. "Frieda， please ask Thomas Adams to join<br > us as well." He reached across the desk， offering the copy<br > of the SBT loan agreement back to Catherine. "Adams is<br > president of SBT Realty，" he clarified. "He ll know the<br > details of the loan."<br > And you don t? she asked him silently. "Of course，"<br > she said out loud， matching his professional detachment.<br > She turned her attention to the contract. Not that<br >i she needed to look at the contract to know what it said.<br > She d pored over every word so many times in the past<br >