Chapter 103

I don't understand. Why would Atlas do something like this?

But his signature is unmistakable. Atlas must have signed off on these changes, but why? None of this makes any sense.

Thinking back, Atlas hardly spent any time on the production floor and he mostly stayed far away from my work, preferring to give me enough space to show what I could do. To do this, he would have needed to come into production, see the design, alter it, and then order the alterations distributed to all the sewers.

Sometimes last-minute changes are made to items due to lack of availability or cost, but I had been assured that all of my materials were here and that I could spend what I needed to. Neither of those issues should have come into play.

This was done for another reason.

But why would Atlas be this cruel? And when did he have a chance to do this?

I walk up the one flight of stairs to the executive floor. Except for a few early birds who have come to make coffee and prep for their bosses to arrive,