The thread goes on to say that, in mid-November 2020, the owners moved quickly to secure our spot at The Terminal, including settling on lease terms and signing a Letter of Intent, all with the confirmation that McCaffery was not negotiating with another bookstore. Then nothing, until the news about Posman Books officially broke. White Whale says that, when they confronted McCaffery about this development, the company said they had actually already brokered a lease with Posman. This led the Yeomans to believe that McCaffery had dangled their agreement in front of Posman as a bargaining tool to get the chain to move in.