Chapter 197 New Challenges 2 (1/2)

”Hi Tiffany, you made me worry about you coming out of Chicago all of a sudden, I know I shouldn't intrude on what happens in your life, but as we are friends I was worried about you.”

Jake was a little apprehensive, he was always a person with few friends in his life, so he valued the few he had and tried everything he could for them, but Jake's relationship with Tiffany and Clara was not that simple.

Even though he always thought of them as a friend, he didn't know if they thought like that, because they were also his sponsors, and so Jake didn't know if they treated him well because he was a friend or an important business partner.

After all, Clara never talked to Jake about his personal problems and put a barrier between them, so much so that in recent months he had only talked to Tiffany most of the time.

Tiffany also, although talking a lot about Clara didn't say anything about her life people, Jake was different and told everything he felt for them.

”I'm sorry I left so suddenly, but there was a serious problem that I had to address urgently, but I'm glad to hear you were worried about me.”

”I heard from your record in the last 172 points game, after a 123 points game, really I think no one else could do something like that, our companies will win a lot from that too, congratulations Jake you're amazing.”

Jake wasn't happy with Tiffany's compliment because it was clear she was trying to change the subject, but Jake couldn't force Tiffany to talk about anything.

”Thanks, I was happy after this game, you called me here because you wanted something from me?”

”No, it was more to apologize about that day I left without saying anything and to congratulate you on your amazing game.”

”Did something happen, Tiffany? I feel you have something that is bothering you so much, could that be the reason you left Chicago quickly? You know you can trust me so I can see if I can help anything.”

After Jake said that Tiffany seemed to be in conflict whether to talk about it with Jake or not, Jake just waited for Tiffany to make up his mind.

”All right then, I'll tell you, Jake, it's not because I don't trust you that I didn't say anything about it, but since it's not about me I can't just talk about it like that, but as you're indirectly involved I I'm gonna tell you.”

”It turns out that when I was in Chicago with you at the marathon a lot of things happened here in Miami.”

”Robert's father, who was very ill, unfortunately, died after so many years, but without even waiting for his burial Robert filed for divorce.”

”Because they married a total division of property no one has to share anything with divorce, and Robert now that he has inherited the family business is thinking of making several changes and investments in his business.”

”So this madman said he had been talking to a major sporting goods company for months and that company has, we don't know how, bought 30 percent of the company from shareholders on the stock exchange and wants to buy Robert's 10 percent as well. ”

”If they can buy 10 percent of Robert their company will have 40 percent of the company and Clara will only have 41 percent so Clara will not go without the only voice in the company anymore.”

”Fortunately, although this company that wants to buy Clara's company is so big, they don't want to waste too much time on it and they want to buy Clara's company, me and her father besides Robert or the rest of the stock market.”

”Fortunately Clara has acted fast and bought 5 percent more of the stock and has 46 percent again so with mine and her father's shares that we will never sell, this company also seems to have bought 4 percent more and has 34 percent.”

”The other shares are with a bank that doesn't want to sell because it's making a profit, luckily Robert's father was smart and knew he had been unfair to Clara in this and before giving the shares to his son's name put a clause that Robert would have to offer Clara the shares before selling to another.”

”Now we have 5 years to buy these shares before Robert can sell to this other company, the problem is that these shares are worth 28 million now and neither I nor Clara has that money.”

”We have made a lot of investments in our companies and we have a security contract in our companies that we cannot loan our company shares to get that money.”

”Clara's father can't do anything about it either, and it's impossible for us to raise $ 28 million in 5 years without borrowing, not to mention that our company is always valuing and so that value can be higher in 5 years.”

”If this other company can't buy our company they'll want to sell that 34 percent too, so we have to raise even more money for it.”