CHAPTER 10
EMA
He stands in front of me staring me down and waiting for me to answer. I have the answer in my head but I don’t know how to voice it out. And I can’t let him know he’s right again, which he always is.
“I uhh...I’m not avoiding you actually” why am I stuttering…?
“Yeah right.” he says while rolling his eyes cause we both know am lying.
“Okay. Just a little but there’s a reason and I think its not appropriate to talk about it while at work. Soooo “ I drew the last word, wanting him to understand what I mean…
“Yeah sooo…?” He lifts a questioning brow. Yeah right he’ll really make me say it.
“Ugh..yeah so would you come by this evening so we can talk? I know I know, I’ve been avoiding you” he smiles like a happy cat being given a treat as I admit he’s right. See why I didn't want to admit anything?
“Ah ha! I knew it. Why can’t you tell me now?”
“Yeah right. Its confidential and I think I’ll need your help and didn’t know how to ask” i sigh heavily and look up at him
“You think or you actually want my help huh?” he moves his brow with a smirk. God! I knew he wouldn't make it easy on me. In a small voice I say “I actually need your help..”
“Huh..didn’t get you clearly. What did you say?” Oh my! He is so annoying right now...ugh but I don’t have a choice cause I really need his expertise
“Oh God! I said I need your help, Ferdi. Happy now” looking at him fully now I tell him louder now. From the seriousness on my face, he knows this is important.
“Uh oh, is this about the plan you mentioned the last time I was at your place?” I nod. “Okay. We'll talk at home then. Your place or mine?” I think about it for a while
“Do you have crackers or Cornflakes at your pace?” smiling slightly, I ask wiggling my brows
“So you come to my place only for those huh?”
“Of course! What else would I be doing there…”
“Oh now I know the truth. Okay yeah I do. What else do you require from me then?” he wiggles his brow thoughtfully
"Uhh...is there going to be ice cream ? Cause I'll have my calming-down food for this." Smiling, he says "Of course I knew that was coming. Thought it was going to be the first on the list. Okay sure I'll get you ice cream, you're favorite coconut\chocolate flavor for sure. Anything else?" I clap my hands and shake my head no.
Since I've got an ice cream present, I'd be able to calm myself if he refuses to help me but I believe he would, hopefully.
"Okay. I'll freshen up and change after work, then come to your place. Sounds good?" He nods, gives a serious smile and leaves for his office with a confirmation to meet afterwards.
Once he's gone, I release a deep breath I didn't know I was holding. There's a lot we have to talk about. This is going to be one hell of a long night.
Once done from the office, I quickly get home, freshen up, change and am out the door to Ferdi’s place since its just close by my place, just a few minutes walk there. I get just my phone and charger in case my phone battery runs down while we chat.
Once there, I don’t border on knocking, cause the door is slightly open and he’s already changed into a T-shirt and slacks, looking very comfortable. He’s in the kitchen making the crackers and looking so serious like he’s cooking something complicated.
If I didn’t know better I’d think he was actually cooking. He didn’t even notice when I get in and shut the door behind me, dropped my charger on the small table in the living room and walked towards the kitchen. That's how serious he is right now. I clear my throat loudly before he notices my presence.
“Oh, when did you get in? Have you been there long?” He turns to remove the last of the crackers while talking.
“No. Not really, just got in. Are you done?” Leaning my shoulder on the doorway, arms crossed over my chest and watched him finish up. Wow! That's a lot of crackers he’s made
“Yeah I am. Just want to clean up. The Ice Cream is in the fridge, you can get it from there if you want to start with that” he says while putting the crackers in a transparent larger bowl.
“It's okay. I’ll get it later; why make so many crackers, are you going to feed all your neighbors with that or what?”
“Ah, you know how light this thing is and with how heavy what we are going to talk about is, we’ll need enough to keep our mouths busy. How about that…”
“Yeah right.”
We leave the kitchen and go to take a seat on the long couch in the living room, facing the flat screen TV. He places the bowl of crackers on the small living room table in front of us. He then turns toward me getting serious he asks “so what is it we have to talk about?”
Picking up a cracker and popping it into my mouth, chewing very slowly so I can give myself some time to get comfortable, I say “It's concerning my Dad’s company…”
“You mean your plan for someone to join the company secretly to get info?”
“Yeah. And that someone...is me” I wait for what I said to sink in. He blinks a couple of times then realisation sets in and his eyes widen in shock
“What!?”
“I…”
“No wait. Let me get this straight, the plan is for someone to secretly infiltrate the company to get information on the real deal behind the accident of your Dad, correct?”
“Yeah…” he’s anxious and not in a good way. This isn’t the way I thought discussion was going to play out.
“What! Ema, that is dangerous and not only that, it's very risky. How confident are you that the information you’re looking for is in the company? It could be anywhere...”
uh...I didn’t really think of it like that. He might be right, but the kind of information I need can’t be gotten just about anywhere, it's not that easy.
“Do you know how much information you’ll need to determine it’s the truth?” he continuous looking at me with a raised brow
“I know what I want to know Ferdi, and I’m confident I can only get it from the company close to someone high up the rank”
“And how are you going to get close to that person?”
“Uhh... that’s where you come in..” I say it slowly
“Huh? What? Me?” he ask pointing a finger to himself
“Yeah…”
“And how am I supposed to be of help huh?” Now is the hardest part but before I could answer, he ask
“How much information do you have on the company by the way?”
Yeah right. The same question Mr. Mark asked in our last meeting. I don’t think I need to dig that deep to get in though, I can find out more while am already in; it's easier that way.
“The basics of what is online…?” now they are making me feel unsure of myself now....ugh