I did not sign the exclusivity agreement by five.
At 4:58, I wrote to Calder that I was declining the current offer and would be open to future discussion if the company continued to operate the café under the existing name and honored a six-month staff commitment.
I sent it.
Owen read the email over my shoulder. "You just killed the deal."
"I declined the terms."
"They said they weren't going to extend."
"I know."
"You didn't even ask me before you sent it."
"You told me you wanted to sell. You didn't ask me before telling Calder we were aligned."
His face flushed. "You're right."
The agreement would have given us money and cleared the loan, but I could not sign while the terms still required us to guarantee debts and gave the buyer room to change the business without protecting
