I bit down on my lips to shut a sob from breaking through, my hands trembled violently, and by now, employees had gathered around us, gossiping while some stared at me with disgust on their face.

How could this happen? The Blackwood industries signed an eighty million dollar deal with the Wilsons a week ago, and it was supposed to be a stepping stone for us, since we were a smaller branch, we never had huge deals like that.

Tina kept me in charge of overseeing the whole deal personally, and I was all too happy to comply.

The deal was closed and signed in my presence, along with the...