The first alert came while Brennan was sitting at the head of a glass conference table, surrounded by fourteen people who were paid obscene amounts of money to pretend they were not afraid of him.
His CFO was halfway through explaining a distribution problem in Europe when Brennan’s phone vibrated against the polished wood.
Normally, he would have ignored it.
No one at Ashford Global checked personal notifications during board meetings.
Not because of discipline.
Because people like Brennan had other people to check things for them.
But this alert came from his private banking app.
He looked down.
