Chapter 32: Fired

All the directors and senior executives had already taken their seats in the conference room. Cigarettes smoldered, tea steamed, and they traded loud jokes and gossip, slouched around, relaxed and sloppy. For most of them, the outcome had been decided before anyone even walked in. Of the eight directors, five were thick as thieves with Gerald Lyall. Of the remaining three, one sat on the fence, while two had been pushed to the margins; their shares weren't nearly enough to make a difference, irrelevant...