Today's OneWord: Merge
By the time my father agreed to merge his company with his rival's business, I was already starting to see the writing on the wall. None of this looked good. From shady corporate practices to poor treatment of employees, Sherman Malfort's company was absolutely the opposite of what my father needed to spur on growth and resourcefulness on his end. I had tried telling him that, multiple times. His stubbornness, coupled with an obviously developing senility, sealed his fate before I could even begin to stop it.