335 The new director of marketing 1 (1/2)
Monday
9:24 AM
Nathan reached the door of his ex-office and paused at the sight of a new name on the door: ”Maximilian Anderson, CEO”.
”It's official… I'm retired…”, Nathan mumbled.
”Doesn't look like it to me.”, Foxy said from her desk while standing up.
Nathan shook his head and entered the office with Foxy who was two steps behind him.
”Can you get those drinks removed?”, Nathan asked while gesturing to the bottles on the table in the corner. He knows those are leftovers from Max's after-party which resulted in him being hospitalized. Nathan does not want to be reminded of Max's partying.
The cleaning crew tidied up the place, and the un-finished bottles were arranged on the table.
”It will be done.” Foxy confirmed before she started with the schedule: ”Your first meeting is at 10 AM on the eighth floor. There are two emails that require your attention and the information related to your morning meetings is here…” She placed two folders on the desk. ”Hunter is preparing the data you will need in the afternoon. I will sort it out and have it on your desk by lunchtime.”
Nathan looked at Foxy and thought about how Max is lucky to have her and Hunter by his side. They are very competent.
Nathan tapped the desk while taking a seat behind it. ”Max was supposed to be here as the CEO.”
”He will be. Just a bit later than we thought.”
”Is everything in place, as we agreed?”
Foxy understood that Nathan is asking about the things related to Irene Brooks. ”Yes. The cameras are in place and Ian is watching Irene's office, this one, and the servers where the sensitive information is stored. Her work e-mail and network access are being monitored. If she does anything out of the ordinary, we will know about it.”
”Thank you, Foxy.”
Foxy understood that they are done, and she left the office.
Nathan leaned into the chair and rotated to look at the view of Seattle. The usually breathtaking view that relaxed him, was now irritating. Nathan exhaled forcibly while trying to control the rage which swelled inside him. This was supposed to be his retirement, damnit! He wanted to spend a few weeks with Madeline at home, and then they would travel. That was the plan, at least. How can he relax and enjoy with all this mess around? The company does not have a leader and Max did a reckless thing again that nearly cost him his life.
Nathan wondered, where did he make a mistake with Max? Why is Max so… unstable? A man should not go drinking and ruining his life over a woman! Sure, anyone can get hurt and angry and dejected, but a man needs to fight for what he wants, or suck it up and accept the facts, and not shrivel like the world is ending.