My Cousin Read the Headline Out Loud at Thanksgiving

of nothing. Then too much.

He kept talking.

“The release goes live at eight. Peterson signed at seven-fifty-two. Sutter signed five minutes after. Legal’s already sending the internal memo.”

I said, “Who was the holdout?”

He laughed once.

“Your brother’s patron saint, apparently.”

Martin Greaves.

Chairman of the acquisitions committee. Marcus’s loudest champion.continue reading …