The offer arrived at 6:41 a.m., clean and clinical, straight from Governance Oversight.
No intermediaries. No hidden signatures. Just a formal proposal glowing on my screen like a contract written in invisible ink.
Proposal: Formation of Independent Strategic Office
Lead Appointment: C. Agreste
Direct Board Reporting Line Established
Separation from Division Authority: Immediate
I read it three times. Each pass made the implication sink deeper.
This wasn’t promotion.
This was extraction.
They weren’t trying to manage the chaos anymore. They were trying to remove the variable causing it—me—from the equation entirely.
A second notification followed.
Temporary relocation scheduled: Executive Tower Neutral Floor (Level 42)
Effective: 08:00 a.m.
I set the tablet down slowly.
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