Henry had no idea why his heart skipped the way it did when the question was thrown to the uniformed men who had gone to conduct the search on his premises. There was nothing to worry about right? He didn't have what they were looking for right?Henry's eyes narrowed as he fixed his gaze on the uniformed men who were trooping into his office with stern looks on their faces. He fixed his gaze on the face of the man who spoke."We did a thorough search around the premises just as you instructed..." The man started and Henry almost heaved a sigh of relief."You see?" Henry cut in, stepping forward. "You are just being unnecessarily dramatic," "Let him finish," the pot bellied man who had been in Henry's office cut Henry short.The uniformed man cast Henry a glance and continued. "He seems to be very crafty in hiding his dirt and covering his tracks." The man added."What the hell are you talking about?" Henry barked. "I have nothing to hide, that is why I gave you access to search.""I
Madame Gu held her phone close to her ear as she paced the office. The clanging of her heels against the marbled floor could be heard. "How did this happen?" She asked in a loud tone. The thrombin veins in her neck were evident of her anger. She was sweating lightly, even though the AC in the office was turned on. She wiped her forehead as she listened quietly to the person on the other end of the phone. "Then find out who's trying to fuck with my son!" She commanded. "It's not just him, but the company as well. They are trying so hard to bring my son down, and thereby putting the company in jeopardy." She paused again and sighed deeply. She listened for a few more seconds before speaking again. "Then get to work immediately! Nothing must happen to my son or the company. I mean, nothing!"She slowly turned to a corner of the office. Henry was seated on the couch with his head bowed and his jaw in his palm. He was in deep thoughts. He was trying to figure out how he got into this
"I think this is our chance, why don't we just take it now that it's still open?" The loud authoritative female voice called, pulling the attention of all the people gathered around the conference table to herself. It was very obvious that not just her voice, but her appearance was enough to pull anybody's attention towards her."I think this chance is going to be open for a very long time, maybe, forever." Mr Benedict's voice rang from across the table. He had a very cocky smile on his face as he leaned back on his seat with his hand on the table.The conference room where the meeting was being held was a large conference room with a large table in the middle where all the participants of the meeting were seated in a perfect circle.It happened that they managed to get a glimpse of what happened with Henry at the company, in fact, they should be aware of it by this time because the news had already spread around time like wildfire.They had quickly called for a meeting amongst thems
Every other member of the Floater group had received the email message at about the same time as Madame Gu's phone dinged with the notification, Henry also would have gotten the message at about that time if he was not sulking on the couch and getting drowned in alcohol which he hoped would equally drown his pains.The other members of the company who received the at the same time as he did equally knew why the board meeting was being called for, they had all seen it in the news."I hope nothing happens to our shares." Were the words on some of their lips as they read through.Although most people were sad about receiving the news of what was about to happen to Henry's company, it was entirely different in Fred's house.Fred was sitting on a bench in his garden and receiving some evening breeze while scrolling through his phone with a stick of cigarette in his hand when the news came up on his phone.He pulled the cigarette away from his mouth and puffed a mouthful of smoke."This cal
Henry swallowed hard and nodded his head."You all know why we are here." The man who had been the first person to speak said as soon as the conference room was calm and quiet enough for him to be heard. "And in case you are not aware, I am going to spell it out for you."He went quiet and looked around the hall. Henry equally made use of that opportunity to look around the hall and took in the facial expression of everybody present there. He tried to read their expression and tried to get something from the look on their faces. The look on their faces would, to a very large extent, determine his fate in the company.But it was hard to be able to determine what they were thinking, it was hard to be able to tell if he stood a chance of being redeemed.His hand itched to go around his head and ruffle his hair as a means to show how distressed he was, but he didn't want to show it. He didn't want to appear helpless in front of them, he needed to appear confident."You all must have seen
Henry further sank into his seat as he looked around at the number of hands that were lifted in support of the notion that was being passed against him. Even though his eyes were blurry, it was clear below for him to see that he was screwed."Just like I said," the man's loud voice said, rudely pulling Henry out of his thoughts, forcing him to look back toward his direction."I am not the one to pass the judgment. And as you can see, the judgment has already been passed. Numbers don't lie." Henry looked over to Madame Gu was seated tightly on her seat, with her lips pressed together."But just in case you will claim to not have an understanding of what just went on now, the top board member of the Floater group has come to an agreement that Henry Floater is going to be stripped of his position as the CEO of the Floater group."A long silence followed as soon as the words left his lips. Henry sank further into his seat as he felt his lips start to quiver. That could have easily been th
The silence that followed after Madame Gu's question was nerve wrecking, it was as if an ocean of ice had flown through the environment, thereby forcing everything and everyone to go ice cold.Henry, who was already terrified with the whole issue, looked up with an ounce of hope, hoping that his mother's influence would be able to save him from the predicament that was about to befall him.The cop who had shown Henry the printed paper earlier stepped forward and stood in front of Madame Gu. It was easy to see that despite his authority, he still had a little reverence and was in awe of Madame Gu as he looked up at her. Her towering height was enough to scare anyone and make them succumb to her will."In as much as I hate the fact that I'm doing this, in as much as I would wish that I would not have to do this, but I'm so sorry, Madame Gu, we have to take your son in. He is the prime suspect in this case and would have to answer for his crimes.""No!" Madame Gu said sternly. "You can't
Madame Gu was in her study when Natasha rushed into the house. She wanted to go upstairs first to find Henry, but she noticed that the door to Madame Gu's study was open and immediately ran towards the direction."Mom?" She called as soon as she sighted Madame Gu sitting behind her desk with her head bowed.Madame Gu immediately looked up and her eyes met with that of Natasha.Natasha ran towards her immediately and threw her arms around her."What is going on?" She asked, almost teary.Madame Gu pulsed her lips and stared into space for the first few minutes."Mom, is Henry in trouble? Is he going to get out of it?" Natasha asked repeatedly while looking into Madame Gu's face, hoping that she would get a soothing answer.The last bit of hope she managed to hold on began to crumble slowly as she looked into Madame Gu's face and saw the way her eyes were drawn back and her lips quivered. No matter how much Madame Gu tried to remain defiant and hide the pain she was in, it was impossib