Daniel's jaw tightened.
"You didn't waste any time," he said, closing the door behind him.
Norma looked up, her expression unreadable. "Neither did you."
Daniel didn't sit. He remained standing, arms crossed loosely over his chest. "I assumed after today, you'd be celebrating."
Norma gave a faint smile. "I don't celebrate endings. Only outcomes."
Silence stretched between them, thick with everything left unsaid.
"You humiliated him," Daniel said finally.
"He humiliated himself," Norma corrected smoothly. "I simply removed the curtain."
Daniel exhaled slowly, already exhausted. "You knew this would send shockwaves through the company."
"I knew," she replied. "That's why I did it here. Publicly. No room for denial."
His eyes darkened. "You didn't do this for the company."
Norma held his gaze. "No. I did it for you."
That made him pause.
"For me?" he repeated, then let out a short, humorless chuckle. "Now that's something I doubt."
