I had been staring at the tablet for the better part of an hour, thumb scrolling automatically while my brain slowly rotted from information overload.
Page after page blurred together into a single gray mass of corporate jargon. Investment portfolios. Architectural renderings. Zoning regulations. Profit projections.
Every document was meticulously organized and aggressively boring, the kind of reading that made your eyes glaze over while your soul quietly tried to escape your body.
I was just about to give up and stare at the seat in front of me when I reached the investor profiles section.
Alexander Hendrix
CEO, Hendrix Corporation
I tapped on his file without thinking, fully prepared for another stiff headshot and a list of buzzwords about leadership and innovation.
What loaded instead made me blink.
"Oh."
