Chapter 8 - SLOAN HAD ANOTHER CLIENT—MY HUSBAND’S COMPETITORThis changed the motive.
Sloan Mercer was also being paid by Briar Urban Systems, Whitmore’s biggest competitor.
Not disclosed.
She had contracts with both.
On paper:
Different services.
In reality:
Information moved.
Bid timing.
Vendor pricing.
Executive travel.
Change-order strategy.
She was not merely profiting from Whitmore.
She was positioning two competitors against each other while extracting money from both.
Why?
Leverage.
If one company stopped paying, she could favor the other.
The affair with Preston gave her something better than invoices.
Private access.
Calendars.
Emotions.
Passwords left on desks.
She may have liked him.
That remained possible.
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People can have genuine feelings while exploiting someone.
I did not care which percentage was romance.
