Chapter 25 - GREGORY'S LAST MOVE
Gregory attacked three weeks later.
Northbridge announced it had secured financing to acquire the remaining independent terminals around Sterling-Apex.
The stock market panicked.
Investors expected Evelyn to respond aggressively.
She didn't.
Instead, she called Gregory.
“You want the corridor.”
“Yes.”
“You want us dependent on you.”
“Yes.”
“And you think I'll spend billions to stop you.”
Gregory laughed.
“You have no choice.”
Evelyn smiled.
“Actually, I do.”
She told him about a consortium Sterling-Apex had quietly assembled with three regional carriers.
Together, they would share infrastructure.
No single company would control the corridor.
Gregory's strategy depended on monopoly.
Evelyn had created cooperation instead.
His silence told her everything.
“You can't control what nobody owns alone,” she said.
Gregory finally understood.
He had spent years believing power came from owning the most pieces.
Evelyn had learned that power could also come from making sure nobody could control all of them.
The next morning, Northbridge withdrew its acquisition plan.
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Gregory's empire began to unravel.
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