Chapter 15 - THE SECOND LOAN
The commercial lender called Grace.
They had received Hawthorne’s access notice because Daniel’s loan application listed Rosewood property as part of his personal financial statement.
Loan amount:
$2.4 million.
Purpose:
Acquire a distressed office building.
Daniel’s company had been pursuing it for months.
He needed to show $5 million net worth.
Without my house and trust-adjacent assets:
He did not qualify.
Had the lender closed?
No.
Term sheet only.
Due diligence underway.
My access suspension triggered questions.
That was the phone call that made Daniel go pale in the foyer.
Not losing the mansion immediately.
Losing the financing narrative.
The office building acquisition was supposed to rescue his company through management fees and investor capital.
Without it, Bennett Advisory might collapse.
Now I understood:
When Daniel said:
May you like
You don’t understand what you triggered.
He meant his business.
