Ada brought it to ten on a Friday morning.
She set it on the desk without comment and left. Sera was mid-sentence in a review document. She finished the sentence, put the pen down, and picked up the envelope.
Ashford Global letterhead. Her name and full title, typed correctly. No urgency marking. Single page weight.
She opened it.
Standard professional language, clean and complete. Formal acknowledgment of the concluded Aldric matter. Appreciation for the collaboration between both families' legal and security teams. Note of the satisfactory resolution of all outstanding exposure. Two paragraphs, correct in every detail, signed by Garrett Finch, General Counsel, Ashford Global.
She read it through once.
She was about to set it down when she saw the bottom of the page.
Below Garrett'
