Chapter 9 a Entertainer

Jim had nothing except a massive smile plastered across his face as he marched proudly down the beige corridor with Iggy’s plump medical file locked under his arm. Planning to report everything to his boss and colleagues in the morning meeting, he was expecting applause, and a lot of it. He opened the conference room door, but to his surprise, all of his most respected colleagues were already sitting around the table with his boss long before the scheduled time. As he entered the conference room and took a seat, uneasily confused, everyone stared at him in an awkward silence.

His boss’s deep voice nearly startled him. “It’s good for you to be joining us this morning.”

Jim glanced down at his wrist watch. “I’m not late, am I?”

His boss shuffled the files that were laid out in front of him. “No. We were having a meeting of our own based on some interesting information that has come to light.”