Chapter Twenty-two

“Two months?”

“Yeah, it's… quite unbelievable”

“I don't even know what half of the business is about. I still have a lot to learn”

“We can negotiate for more time but… I doubt if we would get it. The system here doesn't really make decision making easy”

Alistair, looked at the printed copy of the memo in his hand.

Just then, one of Nathan's junior colleagues burst through the open door of Alistair's office. Saved by the desk from falling, he panted for a while, having had to take the stairs all the way up from his floor.

“James, what's going on? Why'd you…”

“Mr…Mr. Nath…”, he said, an exhausted, panting tone.

“What the hell is going on?”

“Mr. Alistair… Charlie's called for a board meeting”

“Two months is just too much to wait!”, Charlie shouted, banging the table.

“It's too little time in my opinion, Charlie. We agree the boy is completely a novice. But all things being fair, we have to agree that he'll need more time to learn before making any big moves. Two months is too little time