The news alerts are not subtle.
Knight Corporation Severs Ties With Hale Industries.
Adrian Knight Ends Long-Standing Business Partnership, No Comment.
Hale Industries Shares Drop 4% Following Unexpected Knight Withdrawal.
I sit in bed at 7 AM reading them one by one with my coffee going
cold beside me.
He cut business ties with her family’s company. That’s what “it’s
done” means. Not a conversation. Not a warning. A clean, public,
corporate severance that cost Vanessa something she actually cares
about. Because Vanessa doesn’t care about feelings or reputations
for their own sake. She cares about power. And Adrian just took
some of hers.
I call him.
“You saw,” he says.
“Everyone saw. Adrian, you cut an entire business partnership…”
“It was overdue.”
“Because of me.”
“Beca
