Dominic read the notice three times before he let himself react to it, a habit left over from years of reading contracts for the clause that would eventually ruin someone. This one didn't hide its clause. Summers Corporation had terminated every account, every vendor agreement, every shared line of credit with Blackwood Holdings, effective immediately, no explanation offered beyond a single line about "strategic realignment under new leadership."
There had been no warning call and no draft circulated for comment beforehand, only a courier at nine in the morning and a signature line that didn't require his.
"Get me the accounting team." He said it to the empty office before he remembered his assistant had already gone to fetch them, the request anticipated before he'd finished making it. That was the one advantage of having burned through half his staff twice already — the ones who remained knew exactly how fast he needed things done.
