Leaving Earth Vol. 1 (Leaving Earth Omnibus) by Kaal Alexander Rosser

Author:Kaal Alexander Rosser [Rosser, Kaal Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gadgets & Ghosts
Published: 2017-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

'Oh this can't be good,' said Grum, as Steve Branch walked into his office.

'It's funny how often I hear that as my greeting,' said Steve with a rueful smile. 'But I figured that it was more sensible to come and see you directly, because you keep beating me to the punch.'

That caused Grum to pause. What on earth was that supposed to mean? 'Coffee's in the pot. Now suppose you give me some context for that statement, so I can try and catch up.'

'Thanks.' Steve went to get himself a mug of coffee, but continued to talk. 'You see, I was about to take another trip down to Nevada to have a talk with the new head of that facility, but then I found out that you had just gone down there, and the need for me to go had evaporated. Good job, by the way.'

'Thank you…'

'And then, I was going to do yet another tour in the Space Division to support a VP who was needed some, but then suddenly he's all chipper again and moving forward, although with reduced resources, but a new high-profile engineer in the mix.'

'Well, yes, you see…'

'And then,' Steve carried on, talking over Grum, 'I hear that Nevada had a problem with under utilisation… Had a problem, as it turned out, was accurate. And when — the same day — I hear Stewart Leslie making noises about an internal consultancy group he was starting up… "Oh ho!" I thought, "I can see where this is going". The only thing left on my to-do list was to help Hank Bowers fix his under resourcing problem in engineering. I waited. And whaddyaknow?'

'Yes, but…'

'Do you hate me that much, Grum? Are you trying to put me out of a job?'

Grum could not help it. Steve's tone was so plaintive that he had to laugh. 'Oh, sit down. I take it you didn't just come here to feed me a string of compliments. What's up?'

'Oh, that's part of it. Because you've created for yourself a world of hurts. The board meeting is just the start of it, I fear.'

'And seeing as you have nothing to do…'

'Oh no, I wouldn't interfere without authorisation. I was given a new to-do list. You can hardly call it a list, though. It only has one item: "Help Graham Hewson", so I investigated, and now I'm here.'

'With a dire warning.'

'With, as you say, a dire warning.' Steve pulled a copy of the company magazine from his back pocket and put it on Grum's desk. 'Ever read this?'

'Does anybody?'

'About thirty percent of the company, on-and-off. And just of late there have been letters and op-ed pieces which I found interesting in light of my task. Also, it should be noted, that the further you get away from the New York HQ, the more employees read it. In Nevada, for example, over half the workforce read the magazine.'

Grum picked it up, but put it back down again. 'Tell me.'

'OK. Someone, and we can guess at one or two of the players, is co-ordinating a character assassination against you.

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