Ethan is already in the room when we enter, impeccable... Serene. I am too, but on the outside.
I sit down. I open the folder. I adjust the pen in a straight line on the table.
Fernán begins to talk about quarterly projections. I listen. I intervene when appropriate. I explain figures. I defend decisions.
And no one notices that I'm holding the phone under the table, hoping it doesn't ring again.
The tiredness is not noticeable when you are standing, it is noticeable when you sit
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We had been in the technical room for almost three hours. Open projections, cost simulations, real-time logistical adjustments. Roth Infrastructure does not tolerate errors. Fernán less so.
I was firm. Clara Sinclair does not break down at the negotiating tables.
But my mind was working in multiple direc
