treating payroll as a serious operational responsibility.
Chapter Nine: Monday Morning, Again
I arrived at Granite Industrial Group at 7:30 a.m. on Monday.
The reception area looked exactly as it had on Friday.
The same polished floors.
The same framed photographs of company facilities.
The same enormous clock above the security desk.
But the mood was entirely different.
Employees moved quickly through the corridors. Managers stood in small groups outside conference rooms. Phones rang constantly.
Harold met me near the elevators.
He looked as though he hadn’t slept.
