"Long day?" Henry heard in the dark as soon he got into the house. He paused in his tracks and turned on the light to see his mother sitting on the couch with her laptop in front of her. She also had a mug of coffee on the table in front of her."Mom? You are still up?" He asked and walked towards her."Yes." She said and took a long sip from her cup of coffee. "I decided to do a little survey on the company."Henry ran his hand over his head and sighed deeply. He knew his mother was worried about him, he knew she wanted to keep tabs on the company and make sure he did not make any mistakes. But he wished she would not worry so much.He thought of telling her that he had found the financial glitch she talked about, he wanted to tell her how he thought it was someone close by and had to be a close member of the Floater family.But he immediately decided against it. It was something he could handle on his own."Don't stay up too late, mom." He told her instead.He leaned downwards to ki
"What do you mean by my company standing a risk of getting kicked out of the market?" Henry asked amidst gritted teeth.He was already ruled up as a result of the issue with Natasha and the traffic he had to face, coupled with the fact that he had to drive back here because of some stupid investigations."I'm so sorry that we had to bring you back here, but it is very important that we attend to this."The bald pot bellied man with his suit barely fitted into his clothes, whom Henry suspected was the most superior, stepped forward and handed a printed paper to Henry."We got information about some shady businesses that you may be involved in, we have power from the government to conduct a search in your company."Henry scoffed and ran his hand through his hair."What do you mean by shady businesses? Where did such an Information come from? We only deal with legit businesses here." Henry defended while trying to avoid the paper that was being handed over to him."I told them the same t
Natasha fumed as soon as the call ended with Henry and tossed her phone carelessly inside her drawer. She ran her thumb over her eyes to get rid of the tears that were starting to gather around her eyes.Why did he have to call her and pretend like he cared when he was just in the arms of his ex wife a few days ago. Was he taking her for a fool or what?Natasha tried to get rid of the thought of Henry from her head and concentrate on her work but she just couldn't since flashes of their time together kept coming into her head and interrupting her work.But why did he call anyway? She asked herself as she leaned backwards on her chair, staring into space and tapping her fingers rhythmically on the table.She was gradually drifting away from reality and letting her thoughts get the better part of her as she went by. Only the gentle swooshing sounds made by the air conditioner which hung over her chair, and the gentle sounds made by her fingers as she tapped them on the table.What if he
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