Chapter 7 - The first proposal

Ryan approached me six months earlier.
“What if MRI buys Prescott Power?”
I laughed.
“You’re asking me at breakfast?”
“I’m asking what you think.”
“It’s worth hundreds of millions.”
“Which is why it makes sense.”
His thesis was not ridiculous.
MRI needed service capacity.
Prescott Power needed growth capital.
Combined company could be stronger.
I told him:
“Take it to the board like everyone else.”
He kissed my forehead.
“Would you support it?”
“If the deal is good.”
He smiled.
“That’s my girl.”
I hated that phrase later.
May you like
At the time?
I smiled too.