252, Despair_3

After quite a while, John Hardford finally calmed his complex emotions, his eyes red, as he stared at Donnie.

"First you use a price war to disrupt A&P's development plans, then you drain A&P's working capital, forcing us to actively seek loans from banks. Next, you use the current situation to make it impossible for us to continue borrowing from banks. When all this is done, you can deploy your vast cash flow to deliver the heaviest blow to A&P?"

Donnie, neither confirming nor denying, said, "A&P is a company with excellent qualifications. I saw the potential profits in the retail industry while considering your company's development, so I do not want to see A&P destroyed.