The next day, Frank and Helen were already prepared early in the morning and drove to Drenam Limited’s office.
Cindy had insisted on following, throwing a tantrum as she claimed she wanted to see what Frank could actually do to take those land lots from Gene.
To no surprise, Drenam Limited was just a small local construction company that Gene had bought out to be an intermediary. “Hello. Looking for someone?” Rob, a thuggish youth with a toothpick between his teeth, strode up to them, stopping them.
He looked between them, not even stopping to take a second look at Cindy, as he soon gaped at Helen, dropping his toothpick. “Shit!” He cursed even as he spaced out.
“What’s going on here?” Bob, a pudgy man strode up to them as well, frowning. “If you’re here to talk shop, I’m sorry, but we were just bought out and… Shit!”
He reacted no different from Rob when he saw Helen and barked, “Quit gawking! Don’t just let her stand there-go get a chair and some tea!”
“Oh, yeah, yeah,” Rob turned and hurried off.
Somehow, their enthusiasm left Frank upset.
Helen noticed that and subtly leaned against him, puffing her chest and smiling.
On the other hand, Cindy was scowling as Rob only brought one chair. “Hey, only one chair? What about me?”
“You?” Rob looked at her pointedly from head to toe before chuckling. “Just sit anywhere you like. Nothing but broken desks around here.”
“What?!” Cindy snapped.
On the other hand, Bob was rubbing.
his hands and chuckling, wa
to Helen as he asked eagerly,
up
“Ahem…. May I have the pleasure of
your name?”
“Helen Lane,” Helen replied, leaning against Frank without sitting. “Chairwoman of Lanecorp.
“Oh, Ms. Lane?” Bob did a double take, but soon scratched his head awkwardly. “I’m sorry to disappoint you, but if you’re here to discuss business, we were just-“
“Bought out by Gene Pearce?” Frank chuckled.
“How did you…”
Bob got a little nervous but soon shrugged. “Whatever. Not interested how you found out… At least I know why you’re here now.”
“Oh, you do?” Frank was surprised-did Gene notify them already?
“Of course.” Bob sighed. “You just want to get the land lots that we acquired from yesterday’s bid, don’t you? Plenty of others have come already.”
“Really?” Frank’s eyes widened,
though he soon realized it was only
natural that the bigwigs of Zamri
would not just allow Drenam Limited
acquire so much land without doing anything.
Bob shrugged. “Yeah, and we told them it wasn’t us who bought those land lots-it was our boss Gene Pearce. They all stopped and left after that.”
