Red Lineage: Broken Realms Book One by Ozias Goldman

Author:Ozias Goldman [Goldman, Ozias]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-19T22:00:00+00:00

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“Oh thank God, Darien. Where were you?” Fati’s voice cracked over the phone, then grew hard. “Where the hell have you been? Me and Dj have been worried sick. Dammit, where the hell are you?”

“I’m heading home now. I’ll explain everything when I get there.”

"Oh you're gonna have to do better than that. You had better have a damn good explanation, the best miracle of an excuse ever, or you might as well stay with whoever the hell you've been with."

“Baby, it’s not like that. I’ll explain—” my phone beeped. “Hold on one sec. I’m getting another call.”

“Oh no the hell I will not ho—”

“Hello?”

“Darien!” Rhonda’s voice all but shrieked in my ear. “You finally have the nerve to pick up!”

“Ugh…I’m sorry, I know I’ve been absent without notice. I got very sick, maybe a summer flu or something.”

“The hell with that. Your portfolio is almost wiped out. You need to explain yourself right now.”

“What?!”

There was a long pause, and I thought for a second we might have gotten disconnected when Rhonda came back on the line. “I…am going to pretend that you only sound like you don’t know what the hell has been going on with your accounts. Every client you have has not only come into the office this week, but has filed formal complaints with FINRA and the SEC, and both have scheduled immediate audits.”

I froze in my tracks. What the hell did Red do? I needed time to understand what all had happened. But the reality is we weren’t doing anything illegal. So no matter what was going on, I knew I could fix it. I pulled the phone away from my face to check the screen; it was almost three in the afternoon. “Okay, I will be there first thing in the morning. Everything will be just fi—”

"Darien, you don't understand the situation you are in, and in turn, have placed the firm in. Our stock has dropped almost twenty-five percent over the course of this week. We've been all over the news; they are calling you the new Madoff and the firm the new fucking Lehman Brothers. Our board of directors is already calling for us to fire you, and the only reason why I haven't done so yet is because I'm giving you a chance to clean this shit up, so I don't ruin my career. You will come into the office today or not only will you be fired, but we will launch our own internal audit, and if we find even a penny out of place, a single improper transaction, we will pursue full legal action.”

The line went dead, and I placed my hand on my forehead. "Fuck!"

“You put me on hold again, Darien, and you will certainly be fucked!”

My eyes widened. I forgot Fatima was still on the line. "Babe that was my job. Some major fuckups need to be cleaned up. I'll be home in minutes. I'm walking across the park now."

“Whatever you need to do, Darien, but you had better be home when I get there.

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