Chapter 5 - Melissa

I met Melissa through Ryan.
She advised private companies on acquisitions and restructurings.
Smart.
Excellent at reading a room.
Better at making people believe their idea had been hers first.
Ryan brought her into his company, Mercer Renewable Infrastructure, eight months before everything exploded.
MRI built and financed:
Commercial battery systems.
Industrial solar installations.
Grid-support projects.
Ryan owned 52%.
Outside investors held the rest.
Melissa’s firm, Vane Strategic Partners, was advising him on a major acquisition.
Target:
Prescott Power Services.
One of my family’s subsidiaries.
That should have made me pay attention earlier.
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I did not.
I trusted my husband.