The rumors spread like wildfire in the company and soon everybody was talking about it.
The minions and those at the bottom of the lists all talked about it but none of them told the higher ups for fear of being called liars.
They knew how ruthless the higher ups could be, especially Edinburgh, and they kept this away from him.
This didn't last long as sooner than they would have thought of hiding it, he found out.
A board meeting was set for his own faction and he was attending it in person. Immediately he entered the room which was noisy with the rumor, they all shut up.
He noticed how shifty they all were being and knew something was up.
"Tell me what is going on," he said to the crowd who all refused to say anything but averted their gaze from him. "You all start talking or I start threatening and you know I can carry it out."