Grandma vetoed Sam’s suggestion that they throw up something temporary, get her off her little island, and rebuild later.

“They’re already talking about shutting us down, Sammy. All they need is another excuse.”

“Actually, they’re not talking about that so much since your interview, Grandma.”

Grandma snorted. “Eyes are on us, now, and we have some funding for a minute, but the public is fickle, Sammy. Give it a week or two, and people will forget. Not the powerful folk whose noses we rubbed in their own stink, though. They’ll remember forever, you mark my words. Whatever we do now to fix this is the only thing we’ll be able to do. I’m sure of it. So, you take however long you need, but build like you mean for this to last another tw...

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