Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty Five

• Carmen placed the printed request form on Sylvia’s desk before the morning meeting had even started.
• Sylvia looked up from the vendor confirmation she was finishing. The form carried the Blackwood Holdings letterhead and the same continuity language that had appeared in every previous request. The date was three weeks out. The event was a private corporate dinner, smaller than the foundation functions, scheduled for a venue the team had used before.
• “I need a direct answer this time,” Carmen said. She remained standing. “Not the professional version you give the calendar. The real one.”