Rebecca POV:

I raised my eyes to look at him. Dave pulled a stack of papers out of a drawer and pushed them in front of me.

He said with a smile, "The Klein Group has a wide range of businesses and has dabbled in sailboat construction in the early years. Our business in Oakland is well established, but in recent months the market has fluctuated and several forces have emerged to seize the market."

"We are not as competitive as the local group in Auckland and have had to let other groups take the business we have played through and do nothing about it."

"Now the local head has...