The conference room was already occupied when the clock touched ten.
Valerie sat near the head of the table with a tablet balanced on her lap, reviewing quarterly projections that she had already reviewed twice before arriving. The habit wasn't about necessity anymore. It was simply how she occupied her hands whenever she was forced to wait.
Across from her, Ulrich had three separate windows open on his laptop and looked like he was simultaneously arguing with at least four people through email.
Wayne leaned back in his chair with a coffee cup in one hand and his phone in the other, occasionally shaking his head at something he was listening to through one earbud.
Alice sat quietly near the far side of the room.
Nobody knew why they had been called that alone was unusual as Dayo rarely scheduled meetings personally.
