The finance manager, with a pounding headache, relayed Dave's words to Morrison exactly as instructed.
On the other end of the line, Morrison said nothing. No protest, no explanation—just the click of the call ending.
The manager exhaled helplessly. What on earth are these men playing at? Weren't they supposed to be the closest of friends? Now it felt less like partnership and more like an invisible war.
By the afternoon, the answer came.
Washington Co. issued an official statement: from this day forward, they would sever all cooperation with MOS Corp.
The news fell upon Burg Eltz like a thunderclap. A tremor that promised an economic storm.
