He Kept Explaining My Job Until His Phone Lit Up

folder, which almost made the evening worth it.

It was just my phone.

I opened one email and turned the screen toward him.

Sent three weeks earlier.

From me, through external counsel, to the deal oversight team.

Subject: Request for clarification on Site B environmental reserve assumptions.

Below that, the forwarded chain. His team’s answers. Evasive. Thin.continue reading …