35 The Journal 6 (1/2)

Five minutes didn't pass before Kyro received a call. ”What did she say? Did you get her off my back?”

”At the cost of my own image. What exactly did you promise to infuriate her so?”

There was silence for a moment. ”Thanks, I owe you one. Seriously.”

This wasn't normal Gale, but Kyro didn't ask anything. If his friend wanted to say something, he'd say it. ”Are you off site today?”

”Yeah, I'll take care of the meeting.”

”That leaves me with the interns… Or are you coming back?”

”Nah, I'll take the flight to Italy at 4 o'clock. It's about that deal we considered a month ago. I'll take a look at their production and if it's satisfactory, listen to what they have to say to my face.”

'We refused that deal because we saw their faculties were unfitting based on even their photoshopped photos. At least come up with a better lie if you're trying to fool anyone.'

”Let your secretary know you're taking a vacation and I'll cover for you. If it's longer than a week, though, you're fired.”

There was indignation in Gale's voice when he answered, a little bit of spirit he'd been lacking. ”You can't fire me! I own half the company!”

”That's what you think, I was told today that I've been using you all long,” Kyro told him, leaning back in his chair with a smile. ”So you better be careful.”

Gale snorted. ”Sure. Go ahead. I promise to look surprised when I receive the news of being deposed.”

”Will do. Take care.”

”Thanks, you too.”

The smile on Kyro's face slowly drifted away. Gale was an airhead, but he wasn't usually running a world away after sleeping with the wrong woman. There was probably more to the story than the two let on, but it wasn't Kyro's business.

He was more irritated by the fact that he couldn't push away the intern thing to Gale. This was going to be such a waste of time. All those young, eager graduates expecting to make it big just because they finished a prestigious school, exactly the same one as him. They would all expect him to be impressed, feel a kinship because of their roots.

'God, it's going to be a long day.'