Grace crossed her arms. “And in reality?”
He looked at her, steady. “In reality, it collapses.”
—
It started the following Monday.
Not in Dunbar.
In Columbus.
News broke quietly at first—buried in financial columns, tucked between market summaries and quarterly earnings. A regulatory review. Then a recall notice. Then another.
By Wednesday, it wasn’t quiet anymore.
Horn Automotive Group stock dropped 18% in a single day.
By Friday, it was down 43.