Chapter 5

The Supplier Who Knew Too Much

The Handshake That Destroyed the Business

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Mrs. Okafor had sold cartons before either Jonah or Marcus knew the difference between price and margin. She ran Okafor Packaging from a shop no bigger than a classroom, and she could smell a business lie the way some people smelled rain. She called Jonah one Tuesday morning. "Come alone," she said. "Is there a problem?" "If I could carry it on the phone, I would not ask you to come." Her office was behind stacks.

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