Alternative outcome by Peter Rowlands

Author:Peter Rowlands [Rowlands, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Topham Publishing
Published: 2016-03-02T23:00:00+00:00

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We disconnected, and I sighed. If I’d wondered in passing whether Ashton’s referral to Hunt Topham was meant to be linked to the late payment story, I need wonder no more. He’d just made the connection plain enough.

What I didn’t know was whether he really had the influence he implied to dictate policy at Hunt Topham, which was theoretically a completely separate and independently-run company. It could just be bluster.

I couldn’t rule it out. Rick no doubt reported to Tony McGann, the head of Hunt Leinster Holdings, the parent company, and McGann would presumably prefer not to see one of his part-owned subsidiaries collapse with debts it couldn’t pay. No doubt he could exert his influence at Hunt Topham if he chose, and this might well be an instance where he did choose.

Yet as I sat at my desk working through this logic, I couldn’t resist smiling ironically to myself. What was I doing, worrying that Rick Ashton would block publication of my book? From my session with the publishers this morning, it seemed clear that if anything was going to stop it from being published it was much more likely to be their spontaneous conclusion that it simply wasn’t good enough.

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