Wither

The kaleidoscopic business structure produced masses of data, especially in Peripheral Transit Derivatives, gas station retail, Mick’s department, the bedrock of the business. This was the future model of marketing—of the culture, of everything—and Fourwords had fallen behind. Deodorants, foot powder, face wash, body wash, beard oil, nail clippers, files, buffers, brushes, polish, strengtheners, nose-hair trimmers, eyebrow shapers, razors with four-, five-, seven-blade action for the latest in face-smoothing technology. Mick was nearly in middle school when Tommy finally told him the truth.