Because by Jack A. Langedijk

Author:Jack A. Langedijk [Langedijk, Jack A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: inspirational books for men, motivational books, self help self improvement, personal growth, family love, conduct of life, relationships
Publisher: Jack A. Langedijk
Published: 2014-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

Jenny put her hand over the journal. “Kyle, I’m sorry. Look beside you. I think that little girl—Look, Claire is listening. I’m not sure she should be listening to this.”

Kyle looked across the aisle. Jenny was right—Claire was leaning over her armrest. The moment Kyle’s eyes met Claire’s, she asked him, “Can you read louder please? I keep missing stuff.”

27. PRESENT DAY – AT THE HOTEL

K’naan’s “Waving Flag” was still playing. Greg gave Lou a thumbs-up. Good old dependable Lou had gotten a group of his employees to sing along, which slowly encouraged the staff of the other two companies to clap hands and sing along as well. Greg sighed in relief. The presentation was going well. The response was not as critical as he anticipated. The morning’s schedule had changed a couple of times already. Robert would speak before lunch—then after lunch, but since Linkup’s president had still not arrived, it looked as if the plan was going to have to change once again. Greg walked over to Monique and told her the change of plans.

“Look, Monique, I’m sorry but we have to change the schedule again. Mr. Romano is still in transit and won’t be here for another hour. So, I’m wondering if it is possible to have Robert start his talk now?”

“What now?” Monique’s voice was full of panic. She hardly had enough time to sort out her fears. First, there was Jenny’s frantic voicemail, which was abruptly cut off and second, because of Robert’s behaviour all morning, she was becoming more and more afraid of what might come out of Robert’s mouth during his talk today. And now she felt terrified of how Robert might react to the sudden change of plans.

“I’m so sorry to do this to you, Monique, but we now have some time we need to fill before lunch can be served. I think it’s best if we have Robert speak now and delay the lunch a little. What do you think?” Greg said.

Monique stood up quickly, trying to find some excuse to delay. She looked to Amir and said, “But I don’t think Amir has had enough time to set everything up.”

Amir, overhearing the conversation, quickly took a step towards the two of them. With a smile and reassuring voice, he said, “Oh, don’t you worry, Miss Monique. I am as ready as a man can be. When would you like to start, Mr. Wong?”

“How about five minutes?”

Monique felt a little faint. Her thoughts were racing. Jenny’s voice was still echoing, “Why does Daddy have a gun now?” in her mind. She looked at Robert, who was still staring off into space and clutching that brown leather bag. A voice inside her screamed, What is in that goddamn bag that no one is allowed to touch?

But before Monique could say a word, Barbara Pouge was up on the stage and interrupted the conversation.

“Good news, Mr. Wong. I just got the okay from the kitchen. We can start lunch early.”

“When?” Monique sounded panicky.

“Oh, no later than fifteen minutes.

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