The Reminder by Maysam Yabandeh

Author:Maysam Yabandeh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maysam Yabandeh

Mr. Morgan

“What the hell do you want me to do?”

Morgan shouts in the Bluetooth hands-free headset connected to his iPhone. His free hand holds a cigarette, on which he takes frequent drags as if it is giving him the oxygen he needs to breathe. The other hand on a big calculator with giant keys, he keeps pressing the Enter key, hoping for a miracle. The large negative number on the LED screen, however, does not change.

The calculator is placed on a pile of receipts. One would think such a big business must have gone paperless by now, but Morgan is old-school and resistant to new technologies. He started his career from zero, selling used cars. To this day that he has built an empire with his bare hands, he still has not managed to detach from his old ways of running a small business.

“Yes, Charles, I do know the terms of the fucking loan, but you gotta give me a break here. I am trying everything to bring the park back to its full capacity after that fucking incident, but these things take time. People don’t even come near the park anymore. You know better than me that marketing is a slow—”

“Jesus, we got a problem. Over.” Kathy, from reception, says over the radio.

“Hang on a second, Charles.” Morgan’s attention is grabbed by overhearing the unexpected radio conversation.

“Jesus here. What’s up? Over,” Jesus responds over the radio. Morgan leans toward the radio handset to listen more closely.

“Your fans again, but a lot. There are too many this time. Over.”

“Alright! Coming over. Over.”

Morgan hurriedly snaches the radio handset. “Jesus, Jesus, this is Morgan. Can you hear me? Can you hear me?”

There is a long moment of silence, which is killing Morgan.

“Yes, Morgan,” Jesus says finally over the radio. “Jesus is here. Over.”

“Stay put. I repeat. Stay put. Do not leave your post. Got it?”

“But people are waiting for me. Over,” Jesus says after an awkward silence.

“Charles, I’ll call you back,” Morgan says over the phone and hangs up without waiting to hear Charles’s goodbye. Putting the iPhone in his pants pocket, he grabs the radio handset and runs outside his office.

“Kathy. Keep them waiting. I’m coming,” Morgan says over the radio as he is running toward the gate.

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