Brandon was on the phone. His hand shaking.
I couldn’t hear what he was saying at first. He’d turned away. Hunched over. Talking low and fast into the receiver.
Then his voice went up.
“No, I understand that. I do. I’m looking at it right now. Section fourteen point three. It’s flagged on the account. In red.” He swallowed. “Yes. She’s here. She’s standing right in front of me.”
He glanced back at me over his shoulder. Then quickly away.
“I didn’t know,” he said into the phone. “Nobody told me. Corporate never said anything about any covenant. They sent me down here with a plan. You approved the plan. You signed off on it.” He was quiet for a moment. “I know. I know I already did. Two of them. Last week.”
Another pause.
“Shelly Haskins and Harvey Kessler,” he said. “Effective the end of the month. And the closure notice goes out to customers on July first.”
