Marco

The silence in my study was deceptive, a hoax that didn’t last long. While everything else appeared calm on the outside, I was suffocating on the inside, waiting with bated breath for any word about the deal with the Chellinis.

It was more than just another negotiation, it was going to be a lifetime business pact. If this went through, I’d be the sole supplier for their entire new drug operation. That meant expansion. We would gain power.

The quiet tick of the clock and the slow scratch of my pen as I signed off the last shipment invoice were the only sounds in the room.

My whiskey sat...