255: The Blacks and The Templetons

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The meeting was supposed to be with a company in New York. They wanted my support in the firearm business. My dad had been trying to get hold of them but was unsuccessful. When I saw their tender being advertised I had to take that opportunity. I have heard a lot about the man in charge of firearms. He owns the biggest firearm company in the world, most of his firearms are homemade though they are expensive because they are a good deal. it's hard to obtain them. One thing that popped up about his policies was that he doesn't allow any person to buy his firearms, he must be sure who is buying the firearms and for what purpose. Even if someone is going to protect himself or herself, he always asks for the approval of the president for the mental state of the person and why he is supposed to have the gun. I know it's not a business that I will be getting profits day in and day out but it's a business that I believe is good and if the people involved are strict,  then the possession of guns can be lowered in the world only to the most crucial situations.

"The members are ready in the conference room, Do you want to go straight or they should wait?"

I will go, come, I need you to write some things up, I know the security provided by our guard is enough. Do you think I should ask for seventy-five per cent of the ownership?

My secretary looks at me and raised her brows, I know that was a no because, from the file that I read, that man will take the ninety-five per cent of the company and that is always his deal. His wife is always the same. Tough in business and doesn't do any drama. Maybe they have not seen my drama, it's either all of us are going to get an equal share or nothing at all.

My secretary informed me that we only had four people at our meeting. Which includes me. That might be small for a firearm company but the smaller the members the good the business. Sometimes the business has almost one hundred members who are not even interested in the business. They only want to enjoy the profits at the end of the day and that is it.

Zainab was ready at the door and she welcomed me in, walking in front of me. She pulled my chair and asked me to sit down. I had not raised my head because everyone at the table was quiet. I always avoid formal greetings because greetings are made at the beginning of the email sent to tell you when to avail yourself. 

Raising my head, there was a child, almost thirteen, what would he be doing in the firearms business? The rest was a man and a woman. The man was looking at me with a questionable eye which made me feel very uncomfortable.  I looked at the woman and decided to clear my throat. 

Afternoon? Maybe I should greet them first before they become shocked as to why I am so serious. 

Excuse me are you feeling comfortable sir? Maybe I can just give you some time to use the washroom before we begin? The lady beside her looked at her and raised her brows at him. Though they were seated at different sides of the table, you can say that they have something in common. It's either they are married or they once had a relationship. 

"Sorry, I thought I was going to find an old man at your sit? I didn't know about you?"

He was looking at me with doubtful eyes. I raised my eyes at the wall and pointed at my dad next to my mum, I explained that was my old man but he is resting. He nodded his head and then looked at the lady beside her. I was not sure if these guys wanted me to be their partners, this is very unsettling to have either lovers or past lovers in this room. I felt some eyes at the corner of my eyes and I found the young boy looking at me. 

            "Excuse me, are you Noelle's father?" 

Where did he get the name from? Noelle has not been to the city, maybe he studies in the same school as Rose and they saw Noelle while they came for the academic tour. Why would a boy seven years older than Noelle ask about her? I bet they never visit their class. 

I looked at him and said yes, I didn't want that young girl to be broken by this boy here who is looking at me with conny eyes. 

"Jade, we are in a meeting, maybe you can talk about Noelle later, okay?"

The Lady was gentle with the boy. Maybe she is the mother and this guy here is the father. I looked at the three pairs of eyes looking at me. Maybe we should start this meeting because I have other business to do. 

The man started by asking me about my policies for guns or any firearm possession. I can say I had some pretty tough rules that may be incorporated into their policies. Like placing the person under investigation before giving them any firearm, and seeing the person's recent and past activities because some people only get firearms to kill their enemies. 

When I was done, their eye was almost popping out listening to me state all those policies. 

"You know, I kind of love your ideas. They are strict and in short, you are saying, firearms are important but dangerous things and they should be handled with care. I agree with you." 

So this conny little man here also had a tough decision to this? Maybe I should have carried Rose with me today, they would be arguing a lot. 

"The main reason we were looking for a partner, was to increase our productivity. Most of the firearms are handmade, let's not say mist because all of them are handmade. So we needed a third partner in this to make sure that we did our work very well. The three people you see here are family. This is my wife Mrs Templetone and that is my nephew Jade Templeton. He stands in for his dad who is busy today. So you can see this is a family business, only that everyone has their shares in the business. So we were asking, if you were to invest, how much would you put in?"

Are you kidding? Ninety-five per cent. I was saying this because I knew that is what he always does. Take almost all the ownership of a company and I wanted to see this. 

"That's ridiculous? We don't do that. If you are taking the ninety-nine then you are as well taking the whole company from us." 

I told you this thirteen-year-old dude is very clever and you can't beat him. By the time ye will be my age, everyone will be bowing his head to him.

"Can we at least say that everyone should just get equal shares in that there is no boss here? I chose your company because I was told it's one of the best in New York. We two are fighting on the top-notch. Though I don't hold that against you because last time you almost killed me with your percentage increase and I will love some lessons from that."

"Maybe that will make a favourable share, and I must admit, your nephew here is a tough one. It's nice teaching kids at an early age. I have a son, Rose, he is one of the best and this generation needs that."

                 "Wait, you are Rose's father?" 

This kid had a lot of questions. He knows everyone, except no one. Replying that I knew Rose, his eyes looked at me with sorry written on them. Then it dawned on me that there were kids who used to bully Rose and they claimed that their elder cousin sometimes stirs the bullying. I don't want to get in the way of kids. Nowadays Rose doesn't complain about it, so maybe they are trying to let him be.

"I am sorry, I know he said that we used to bulky him, but we stopped. I promise we will never do that." 

You don't need to worry kid, maybe you can tell him that at school on Monday, I know he will be very happy to hear it. 

           "You have kids?" 

Asked the two couples at the table. Yeah, I have kids. But why am I admitting to being the father of the other two kids? Maybe I should stop throwing them out of the equation because they deserve a chance. They don't need to pay for something that they didn't do. 

"We have two also, though this one was our first baby and he would call us mum and dad. We have twins Abrianna and Adrian."

The woman was excited talking about it though the man just smiled at her. I didn't want to imply that there might be a problem between the two but I love their closeness. 

I had to bid them good-by because they were supposed to go home as they had a family dinner and movie night for the kids. 

       "Hey, can you say hi to Noelle?"

You know she is younger than you and that is not acceptable, maybe when he is thirteen I will tell her that you said hi, maybe she doesn't know you. 

           'Why are you being a jerk again?'

Sorry, I will tell her, how do you know her again?

The boy just kept quiet and went on his way following his uncle and Aunt.

🥀If you want to know more about Jade and Mrs Templetone, you should read "seducing you in 21days." Though it's not a must. Thank you❤🌹