Chapter 11. Bargain

Braxton

Jeff frowns, like maybe he thought I didn’t know that. “Well… I’ve been working on it for months. Then, there’s the Green account.”

“I thought Todd Hughly was leading that up.”

“Yes, but Todd and I speak often,” Thompson says, as if he has anything to do with the large account Todd is assigned to.

I think about the accounts he’s lost recently. “What about Brown? Trenning? Waterton?”

Thompson makes a face. “Those were unfortunate situations,” he stammers. “I thought I had more assistance from team members than I actually did.”

“So you’re saying others let you down?” I clarify.

Thompson nods. “Yes. It was a shame we lost them, but… there wasn’t much I could do about any of them. In the future--”

I stop him right there with a raised hand and a look that tells him that’s enough. “I do want to talk about your future, Thompson, but probably not in the context you’re about to mention.”

His face melts into a frow